St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church

It was a simple "Thank you."

The Samaritan leper, got up and said thank you for being healed.

Jesus blessing allowed that the all the lepers
wouldn't be excluded them from the community anymore.
Once they were unacceptable. They might have looked like monsters.
Then, he sends them to the priest.

Leprosy is a visible illness.
It truncates your limbs, often disfigures the body.
In scripture, the word "leprosy" refers to almost any skin disease,
or disease that would immediately be apparent to an outsider.
Because of their misfortune, these men were social pariahs,