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It's a testimony to the fact that he's now no longer a leper,
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but he tells the man, don't tell anybody about the miracle.
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Now 1:53, also notice what happens right below that in verse 45,
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But he went out [the man did]
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and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the word so that
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Jesus could no longer go into a town openly
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but stayed out in the country
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and people came to him from every quarter.
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So Jesus does some great act,
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he tells the person--the demon or the person, don't tell anybody,
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the person goes out and tells people anyway.
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It's a pattern.