Jesus Heals Ten Lepers
On the way to Jerusalem, Jesus passed between Samaria and Galilee.
As he was entering a village, ten lepers met him. Standing still, some distance off, they called out loudly:
“Jesus! Sir! pity us!”
When Jesus saw them, he said:
“Go and show yourselves to the Priests.”
And, as they were on their way, they were made clean. One of them, finding he was cured, came back, praising God loudly, and threw himself on his face at Jesus’ feet, thanking him for what be had done; and this man was a Samaritan.
“Were not all the ten made clean? ” exclaimed Jesus. “But the nine—where are they? Were there none to come back and praise God except this foreigner? Get up,” he said to him, “and go on your way. Your faith has delivered you.”
—Luke.
A Prayer For An Enlarged Heart
O Thou, whose love is’not confined to temples made with hands, enlarge my heart to worship Thee. Help me to see Thee where men see only the world, to hear Thee where men hear only the voices of the crowd. Enlarge the range of my experience. Teach me to realize the awful solemnity of the things that I call common. Impress me with the truth that the meanest household duty is a service to Thee, that the smallest act of kindness is a praise of Thee, that the tiniest cup of water, though it were given only in a disciple’s name, is a worship and a love of Thee. Help me to feel Thy presence everywhere, that even in the prosaic haunts of men and in the commonplace battles of life I may be able to lift up mine eyes and say, “This is none other than the home of God, this is the gate of heaven.”
—George Matheson.