What he didn't say, but maybe implied

This morning 11am something, i read Luke 17. In the second section of this chapter, it talks about the 10 lepers who were healed.

¹¹Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. ¹²As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy^a]">[a]met him. They stood at a distance ¹³and called out in a loud voice, "Jesus, Master, have pity on us!" ¹⁴When he saw them, he said, "Go, show yourselves to the priests." And as they went, they were cleansed. ¹⁵One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. ¹⁶He threw himself at Jesus' feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. ¹⁷Jesus asked, "Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? ¹⁸Was no one found to return and give praise to God except this foreigner?" ¹⁹Then he said to him, "Rise and go; your faith has made you well."When i read this, something popped out at me. After the 10 lepers called out to Jesus, notice what He actually sais. No, it's not "Be clean", nor is it any other sort of phrase including the words you are healed. What does He say? "Go, show yourselves to the priests".

To me, this implies that Jesus' intent was to heal them, but the lepers had to have faith that even though Jesus did not say, "Be clean" they would in fact become clean. This is proven in the last verse where Jesus tells the 1 returning leper, "Rise and go; your faith has made you well". I thought about these verses. I think sometimes we/I want Jesus to say the magic words and make everything well. We/I want Him to say "Be clean, be healed, your troubles are now gone forever", and make everything so much better. If Jesus were, in fact, to say this- then i would not need Him because everything would be okay and i wouldn't need to trust Him...or have faith for that matter. But because we are not perfect people, we need Jesus, faith, and to trust in Him. He asks us to step out in faith. That one leper stepped out in faith- believing that Jesus would heal him as he went on his way to the priest. Maybe even step out in faith even when the lepers didn't see immediate healing.

as always, i'm open to any comments.