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Jesus Cleanses a Leper(A)

40 Then a leper[a] came to Jesus[b] and began pleading with him. He fell on his knees and told him, “If you want to, you can make me clean.”

41 Moved with compassion, Jesus[c] reached out his hand, touched him, and told him, “I do want to. Be made clean!” 42 Instantly the leprosy left him, and he was clean.

43 Then Jesus[d] sternly warned him and encouraged him to go at once. 44 He told the man, “Be sure that you don’t tell anyone. Instead, go and show yourself to the priest, and then offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded as proof to the authorities.”[e] 45 But when the man[f] left, he began to proclaim it freely. He spread the news so widely that Jesus[g] could no longer enter a town openly, but had to stay out in deserted places. Still, people[h] kept coming to him from everywhere.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:40 I.e. a man with a serious skin disease
  2. Mark 1:40 Lit. him
  3. Mark 1:41 Lit. he
  4. Mark 1:43 Lit. he
  5. Mark 1:44 Lit. to them
  6. Mark 1:45 Lit. he
  7. Mark 1:45 Lit. he
  8. Mark 1:45 Lit. they

A Leper Cleansed

40 And a leper came to him, entreating him and kneeling down, saying[a] to him, “If you are willing, you are able to make me clean.” 41 And becoming angry,[b] he stretched out his hand and[c] touched him[d], and said to him, “I am willing; be made clean.” 42 And immediately the leprosy went away from him and he was made clean. 43 And warning him sternly, he sent him away at once. 44 And he said to him, “See to it that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and bring for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. 45 But he went out and[e] began to proclaim it[f] freely and to spread abroad the account, so that he was no longer able to enter publicly into a town. But he was staying outside in deserted places, and they were coming to him from all directions.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:40 Some manuscripts have “and saying”
  2. Mark 1:41 Some manuscripts have “having compassion”
  3. Mark 1:41 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“stretched out”) has been translated as a finite verb
  4. Mark 1:41 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. Mark 1:45 Here “and” is supplied because the previous participle (“went out”) has been translated as a finite verb
  6. Mark 1:45 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation