“And why did he touch him, since the law forbade the touching of a leper? He touched him to show that "all things are clean to the clean." Because the filth that is in one person does not adhere to others, nor does external uncleanness defile the clean of heart. So he touches him in his untouchability, that he might in…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — FRAGMENTS ON MATTHEW 2.2-3
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41And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
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39And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.
40And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
— Mark 1:41 —
42And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.
43And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;