Luke 17:15

And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

Cross-references

Luke 17:18 Contrast

Luke 17:17 contrasts the one thankful leper with the nine ungrateful ones, emphasizing gratitude.

Luke 17:17 Parallel

Luke 17:17 is the immediate sequel: Jesus questions where the other nine are, highlighting the one who gave thanks.

Luke 18:43 Parallel

In Luke 18:43, the blind man glorifies God after receiving sight — the same act of praise for restoration.

Luke 8:39 Parallel

In Luke 8:39, the healed demoniac proclaims what God did — a parallel testimony of gratitude, though the leper returned to praise.

Luke 5:25 Parallel

In Luke 5:25, the paralytic leaves glorifying God — directly parallel to the leper's praise for healing.

Psalm 30:2 Related theme

Psalm 30:2 explicitly mentions crying for help and being healed — directly paralleling the leper's experience of healing and his response.

John 9:38 Parallel

John 9:38 has the healed blind man worship Jesus, a direct parallel to the leper returning to praise God after healing.

Psalm 103:1–4 Related theme

Psalm 103:1-4 praises God who heals all diseases — the leper's praise for healing fits this psalm of thanks for comprehensive restoration.

Psalm 107:20–22 Related theme

Psalm 107:20-22 links God's healing word to thank offerings — the leper's return to give glory is a living thank offering.

Psalm 116:12-15 asks what to return for God's goodness and offers a thank offering — the leper's return to give thanks corresponds.

2 Kings 5:15 shows Naaman returning to Elisha after leprosy healing, prefiguring the Samaritan leper's return to thank Jesus.

Acts 3:8 Parallel

In Acts 3:8, the lame man leaps and praises God after healing — a direct parallel to the leper's loud praise.

Mark 2:12 Parallel

In Mark 2:12, the paralytic's healing prompts onlookers to glorify God — the same praise response to divine power.

In Matthew 15:31, the crowd praises God after healings — a collective echo of the leper's individual praise.

Psalm 103:2 Parallel

Psalm 103:2 exhorts not to forget God's benefits; the leper exemplifies this by returning to give thanks for his cleansing.

Psalm 50:15 Parallel

Psalm 50:15 promises deliverance to those who call, and calls them to glorify God—exactly what the leper does after being healed.

Leviticus 14:3 Historical context

Leviticus 14:3 is the law requiring priestly inspection of lepers, which the lepers were following when they were cleansed.

Romans 1:21 Contrast

In Romans 1:21, humanity fails to glorify or thank God—contrasting the leper's praise here.

Matthew 9:8 Parallel

Matthew 9:8 describes the crowd glorifying God after a healing, parallel to the leper's personal act of glorifying God.

Isaiah 38:19-22 records Hezekiah's psalm of thanksgiving after healing, mirroring the leper's return to give glory to God for physical restoration.