Lepers were to call out “Unclean, unclean” when they saw other people.  They were not to live among the majority of people…but to live apart.

  Leprosy is also known as Hansen’s disease today.  It is a chronic infection caused by one of two bacteria.  Today people can be cured from leprosy with proper medical treatment using antibiotics.  Various Christian organizations are working to educate and provide the needed medical treatment in hard to access areas of the world.
  It can be a progressive disease causing permanent damage to skin, nerves, the extremities and eyes.  Ulcers form and become larger and because of nerve damage loss of feeling results.  Secondary infections often occur.
  Social stigmas and ostracism often accompany those having leprosy.  Family members shun, divorce, disown those who contact leprosy.  The lepers are driven from their homes and villages and are abandoned.
  When people are educated about leprosy, it helps to improve how they view those with the disease.

  There are leprosariums in many countries today.  The Catholic Church operates many of them.  Through the centuries, Christians have gone to live among the lepers – ministering to them physically, spiritually, mentally and emotionally. 

  “Listen” to what ten leprous men called out to Jesus, from a distance (remember they were to keep apart from other people).

(NASB) Luke 17:11-13 “While He (Jesus) was on the way to Jerusalem, He was passing between Samaria and Galilee.
12 As He entered a village, ten leprous men who stood at a distance met Him;
13 and they raised their voices, saying, ‘Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!’”

  Whatever is going on in your life, do you raise your voice and call out to Jesus?
  ‘Jesus, Master, have mercy on me!’

  Just as those lepers needed mercy, we too need the Lord Jesus’ mercy, don’t we? 
  You may not have an evident debilitating disease which causes you embarrassment or to be ostracized from others…but you and I need the Lord’s mercy for the hidden hurts, the unseeable ulcers that eat away and cause spiritual disabilities.

“Jesus, Master, have mercy on us!”