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Ver. 11-13. Christ’s nearest way from Galilee to Jerusalem was through Samaria. In a certain town ten lepers met him, for though the law forbade them any other society, yet it did not restrain them from the society of each other; probably they were got together that they might at once come to this great Physician. The leprosy was a sore disease, not so much known in our countries. We shall observe it was the disease which God made to come upon some persons, to testify His displeasure for some sin committed by them. It was threatened as the mark of God upon men for sin, Deu_28:27 —with the scab, whereof thou canst not be healed. God sent it upon Miriam, Num_12:10, for her contempt of Moses. David curseth Joab’s house with it, 2Sa_3:29. Gehazi suffereth by it, for his lying and going after Naaman for a bribe, 2Ki_5:27. King Uzziah, for usurping the priest’s office, 2Ki_15:5. These ten lepers cry to Christ for mercy, mercy with respect to their afflictions.