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Luke 5:14 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 14. 14And 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.
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Quick Meaning
Luke 5:14 sends the cleansed man toward priestly testimony and Torah procedure rather than away from Judaism.
Read It With
- Luke 5:12–5:16
Read Luke 5:14 with 5:12–5:16. In isolation, this contribution—sends the cleansed man toward priestly testimony and Torah procedure rather than away from Judaism—can be detached from its speaker, audience, scene or teaching sequence, and outcome. The complete unit establishes: A man described as full of leprosy asks Jesus' willingness; Jesus touches and cleanses him, orders priestly testimony, and withdraws to pray despite growing crowds.
Why This Verse Appears Here
Luke 5:14 sends the cleansed man toward priestly testimony and Torah procedure rather than away from Judaism. This precise contribution belongs inside “Jesus Touches and Cleanses a Man with Skin Disease” because A man described as full of leprosy asks Jesus' willingness; Jesus touches and cleanses him, orders priestly testimony, and withdraws to pray despite growing crowds.
Follow the Context
- Identify the actors, setting, and initiating speech or action in Luke 5:12–5:16.
- A man described as full of leprosy asks Jesus' willingness; Jesus touches and cleanses him, orders priestly testimony, and withdraws to pray despite growing crowds.
- Hold this material interpretive limit in view: Biblical 'leprosy' covers several skin conditions and is not automatically modern Hansen's disease. Torah-directed priestly examination and social restoration remain part of the scene.
What This Verse Is Not Saying
This verse does not detach its specific contribution—sends the cleansed man toward priestly testimony and Torah procedure rather than away from Judaism—from the complete unit or override the unit's explicit boundary: The healing does not justify contagion recklessness, stigma, anti-medical claims, publicity against a person's wishes, or treating illness as moral uncleanness.
What Remains True
Luke 5:14 sends the cleansed man toward priestly testimony and Torah procedure rather than away from Judaism. Read inside Luke 5:12–5:16, this contribution supports the unit's proportionate truth: A man described as full of leprosy asks Jesus' willingness; Jesus touches and cleanses him, orders priestly testimony, and withdraws to pray despite growing crowds. Its use remains accountable to affected people and the unit's explicit boundary.
How It Can Shape Life
- Luke 5:14 sends the cleansed man toward priestly testimony and Torah procedure rather than away from Judaism. Its faithful response is proportionate to that role: Offer people with skin disease respectful, consent-aware care and access to community and medicine; refuse stigma, contagion recklessness, and cure guarantees.
Teach It Back
Explain Luke 5:14's specific contribution to Luke 5:12–5:16: sends the cleansed man toward priestly testimony and Torah procedure rather than away from Judaism. Include the preceding and following movement, one source-controlled uncertainty, one affected person or group, and what the verse does not authorize.
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Continue in Context
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Read Luke 5:12–5:16 — Jesus Touches and Cleanses a Man with Skin DiseaseSources used for this Verse Lens
How certain is this explanation? probable
Where care is needed
Biblical 'leprosy' covers several skin conditions and is not automatically modern Hansen's disease. Torah-directed priestly examination and social restoration remain part of the scene.
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and coverage.
Exact location: Luke 5:12–5:16, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗Greek textual evidence
The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition
Michael W. Holmes, editor; Society of Biblical Literature and Logos
Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software, 2010
Supports: Greek wording and sentence relations; the edition is not treated as a complete apparatus.
Exact location: Faithlife SBLGNT official repository, data/sblgnt/text/Luke.txt, 5:12–5:16
Open the Luke Greek text file ↗open translation and translator notes
NET Bible First Edition Notes: Luke
Biblical Studies Press
Biblical Studies Press, 2006
Supports: Verse-level translation, syntax, KJV-language clarification, historical notes, Synoptic parallels, and textual alternatives.
Exact location: NET Bible First Edition Luke PDF, exact tn/tc/sn entries attached to Luke 5:12–5:16
Open source ↗