When the service was over, the people who had seen the miracle went
home, and talked to everybody about what they had seen. Some of them
had sick friends, and some had friends with unclean spirits, and they
longed to bring them to Jesus. But it was the Sabbath, and they would
not bring them until the evening, at which time their Sabbath came to
an end. So as soon as the sun set that Sabbath day, a great crowd was
seen standing round Peter's house. It seemed as if all the people of
Capernaum must be there! They had brought their sick friends, and laid
them down at the door. And Jesus put His hands on the sick people, and
healed them all.

In the east there is a dreadful illness called leprosy, and the people
who have it are called lepers. No doctor can cure it. At the time
when Jesus lived on the earth, lepers were not allowed to come into
cities. And they had to go about with nothing on their heads, and with
their dresses torn, and with their mouths covered over; and when they
saw anybody coming, they had to call out, 'Unclean! unclean!'

One day when Jesus went into a town a leper saw Him. The poor man came
to Jesus and knelt down before Him, and fell on his face. And he said,
'If Thou wilt, Thou canst make me clean.' And Jesus put out His hand,
and touched him, and said to him, 'I will; be thou clean.' And as soon
as Jesus had said that, the leper was well.

Sin is just like leprosy. A baby's naughtiness does not look very bad;
but that naughtiness spreads and gets stronger as baby gets older, and
nobody but Jesus can take it away.

Jesus Christ's body must often have felt very tired, for crowds