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“And Jesus answering said, Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine? There are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger” (Luke 17:17).
If you read this story (Luke 17:11-19), you will find that ten lepers came to the Lord Jesus, asking to be healed. He did not heal them right away, but told them to go and show themselves to the priests. As they went to do this, they were all healed. We may assume that all of them went to the priests and showed clearly that they were healed, for according the law of Moses, there were certain things that had to be done when a leper was cleansed.
However, there was one of them who took the trouble to go back to the Lord Jesus and thank Him for healing him. The Lord Jesus really appreciated this, and He felt it keenly that the other nine did not bother to come back. They were so overjoyed that they were healed that they did not take the time and trouble to go back and give thanks.
If you are truly saved, have you thanked the Lord Jesus for what He did for you? Did you remember Him at His table this morning, as He asked us to do?
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