11 While He was on the way to Jerusalem , He was passing between e Samaria and Galilee . 12 As He entered a village , ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him; 13 and they raised their voices , saying , "Jesus , Master , have mercy on us!" 14 When He saw them, He said to them, " Go and show yourselves to the priests ." And as they were going , they were cleansed . 15 Now one of them, when he saw that he had been healed , turned back , glorifying God with a loud voice , 16 and he fell on his face at His feet , giving thanks to Him. And he was a Samaritan . 17 Then Jesus answered and said , "Were there not ten cleansed ? But the nine -where are they? 18 "Was no one found who returned to give glory to God , except this foreigner ?" 19 And He said to him, "Stand up and go ; your faith has made you well ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Luke 17:11-19
Commentary on Luke 17:11-19
(Read 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 the one who thus distinguished himself, he was a Samaritan. The others only got the outward cure, he alone got the spiritual blessing.