Luke 17 · Verse 14

Luke 17:14

And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.

Luke 17:14, King James Version

Luke 17:14 in other translations

BSB	When Jesus saw them, He said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they were on their way, they were cleansed.
WEB	When he saw them, he said to them, “Go and show yourselves to the priests.” As they went, they were cleansed.
ASV	And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go and show yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were cleansed.
YLT	and having seen them, he said to them, ‘Having gone on, shew yourselves to the priests;' and it came to pass, in their going, they were cleansed,
DARBY	And seeing them he said to them, Go, shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass as they were going they were cleansed.
BBE	And when he saw them he said, Go, and let the priests see you. And, while they were going, they were made clean.
Webster	And when he saw them, he said to them, Go, show yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, that as they were going, they were cleansed.

What does Luke 17:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

14. show yourselves--as cleansed persons. (See on Mt 8:4.) Thus too would the Samaritan be taught that "salvation is of the Jews" (Joh 4:22). as they went, were cleansed--In how many different ways were our Lord's cures wrought, and this different from all the rest.

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Barnes' Notes

Verse 14. Go show yourselves, &c. Mt 8:4. By this command he gave them an implied assurance that they would be healed; for the design for which they were to go was to exhibit the evidence that they were restored, and to obtain permission from the priest to mingle again in society. It may also be observed that this required no small measure of faith on their part, for he did not first heal them, and then tell them to go; he told them to go without expressly assuring them that they would be healed, and without, as yet, any evidence to show to the priest. So sinners, defiled with the leprosy of sin, should put faith in the Lord Jesus and obey his commands, with the fullest confidence that he is able to heal them, and that he will do it if they follow his directions; and that in due time they shall have the fullest evidence that their peace is made with God, and that their souls shall by him be declared free from the defilement of sin.

Were cleansed. Were cured, or made whole.

(i) "Go show yourselves" Lev 13:2, 14:3, Mt 8.4, Lk 5:14 (k) "as they went" 2Kgs 5:14, Isa 65:24

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 14 Show yourselves unto the priests - According to the direction, Lev 13:2, etc.; Lev 14:2, etc. Our Lord intended that their cure should be received by faith: they depended on his goodness and power; and though they had no promise, yet they went at his command to do that which those only were required by the law to do who were already healed. And - as they went - In this spirit of implicit faith; they were cleansed. God highly honors this kind of faith, and makes it the instrument in his hand of working many miracles. He who will not believe till he receives what he calls a reason for it, is never likely to get his soul saved. The highest, the most sovereign reason, that can be given for believing, is that God has commanded it.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Luke 17:11-19

A sense of our spiritual leprosy should make us very humble whenever we draw near to Christ. It is enough to refer ourselves to the compassions of Christ, for they fail not. We may look for God to meet us with mercy, when we are found in the way of obedience. Only one of those who were healed returned to give thanks. It becomes us, like him, to be very humble in thanksgivings, as well as in prayers. Christ noticed…

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Luke 17:14 in the original Greek

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

ΚαὶKaiAndG2532

ἰδὼνidōnhaving seen [them]G1492

εἶπενeipenHe saidG2036

αὐτοῖς·autoisto them;G846

πορευθέντεςporeuthentesHaving goneG4198

ἐπιδείξατεepideixatedo showG1925

ἑαυτοὺςhe'autousyourselvesG1438

τοῖςtoisto theG3588

ἱερεῦσιν.hi'ereusinpriests.G2409

καὶkaiAndG2532

ἐγένετοegenetoit came to passG1096

ἐνeninG1722

τῷtōtheG3588

ὑπάγεινhupageingoingG5217

αὐτούς,autousthem,G846

ἐκαθαρίσθησαν.ekatharisthēsanthey were cleansed.G2511

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Cross references for Luke 17:14

Leviticus 13:1-46
And the Lord spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying, When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh like the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests: And the priest shall look on the plague in the skin of the flesh: and when the hair in the plague is turned white, and the plague in sight be deeper than the skin of his flesh, it is a plague of leprosy: and the priest shall look on him, and pronounce him unclean. If the bright spot be white in the skin of his flesh, and in sight be not deeper than the skin, and the hair thereof be not turned white; then the priest shall shut up him that hath the plague seven days: …
Luke 5:14
And he charged him to tell no man: but go, and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
2 Kings 5:14
Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God: and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
Matthew 3:15
And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
John 11:10
But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him.
Matthew 8:3-4
And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. And Jesus saith unto him, See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.
John 9:7
And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.
John 2:5
His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.
Leviticus 14:1-32
And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest: And the priest shall go forth out of the camp; and the priest shall look, and, behold, if the plague of leprosy be healed in the leper; Then shall the priest command to take for him that is to be cleansed two birds alive and clean, and cedar wood, and scarlet, and hyssop: …
Isaiah 65:24
And it shall come to pass, that before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking, I will hear.
John 4:50-53
Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, Thy son liveth. Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left him. So the father knew that it was at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his whole house.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Go.
5:14; Le 13:1,2-46; 14:2-32; Mt 3:15; 8:4
as.
2Ki 5:14; Isa 65:24; Mt 8:3; Joh 2:5; 4:50-53; 9:7; 11:10

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Context

Luke 17:13
And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
Luke 17:14
And when he saw them, he said unto them, Go shew yourselves unto the priests. And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed.
Luke 17:15
And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

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Luke 17:14 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Y como él los vió, les dijo: Id, mostraos á los sacerdotes. Y aconteció, que yendo ellos, fueron limpios.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Et les voyant, il leur dit: Allez, montrez-vous aux sacrificateurs. Et il arriva qu’en s’en allant ils furent rendus nets.
German Elberfelder 1871	Und als er sie sah, sprach er zu ihnen: Gehet hin und zeiget euch den Priestern. Und es geschah, indem sie hingingen, wurden sie gereinigt.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Quos ut vidit, dixit: Ite, ostendite vos sacerdotibus. Et factum est, dum irent, mundati sunt.