The Leper Takes a Serious Risk

When you were a sinner or unclean, generally speaking, you did not hang around public much because everybody knew what you weren't supposed to be. And this leper comes up to Jesus and he says, I need you. And Jesus says, what do you mean? I need to be clean if you are willing. Now the leper took a serious chance. He didn't know whether Jesus was going to sell him out. But the serious risk may not have been as serious as we think because he realized I'm going to die anyway.