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Luke 17:14

What does Luke 17:14 mean?

A plain-English look at Luke 17:14 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

What Luke 17:14 means

Jesus sees them and commands them to go show themselves to the priests, the proper step under the Law for those cleansed of leprosy. He does not first heal them visibly; instead, He calls them to act in faith on His word. As they obey and go, they are cleansed. The healing arrives along the road of obedience, highlighting that genuine faith expresses itself in doing what Jesus says even before seeing results. The command honors God’s established means of restoration while also revealing Jesus’ sovereign initiative. His word, trusted and followed, brings new life and reintegration to those who had been cut off.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And when he saw them he said, Go, and let the priests see you. And, while they were going, they were made clean.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and having seen <FI>them<Fi> , he said to them, `Having gone on, shew yourselves to the priests;' and it came to pass, in their going, they were cleansed,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Whom when he saw, he said: Go, shew yourselves to the priests. And it came to pass, as they went, they were made clean.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

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.

Context

This verse answers the lepers’ plea (verse 13) and advances the story to its turning point: healing occurs during their obedient journey. Next, attention shifts from the group to one individual who, seeing he is healed, returns to loudly glorify God and give thanks at Jesus’ feet (verses 15–16). Jesus will then pose searching questions about the missing nine (verses 17–18) and declare the Samaritan’s faith to have made him whole (verse 19), underscoring the importance of grateful trust over mere ritual compliance.

v.13and they lifted up their voices, saying, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.

v.14This passage

v.15And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, with a loud voice glorifying God;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Luke 5:14

    And he charged him to tell no man: but go thy way, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

  • John 4:50

    Jesus saith unto him, Go thy way; thy son liveth. The man believed the word that Jesus spake unto him, and he went his way.

  • Leviticus 13:1

    And Jehovah spake unto Moses and unto Aaron, saying,

  • Matthew 3:15

    But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.

  • Leviticus 14:1

    And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying,

  • Matthew 8:3

    And he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou made clean. And straightway his leprosy was cleansed.

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