Mark 1:40

One day a leper cane to him and besought him as he knelt down to him, saying, "If you choose, you are able to cleanse me."

Montgomery New Testament

In The King James Version

And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

In Context

39So he went throughout Galilee, preaching in the synagogues and driving out demons.

41Jesus, moved with compassion, put out his hand and touched him, saying, "I do choose, be clean!"

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Cross References

Matthew 11:5"the lame are walking, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf are hearing, the dead are being raised up, and the gospel is being preached to the poor.

Matthew Henry on Mark 1:30-40

Christ Healing Many Patients. 29 And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her. 31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. 32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. 33 And all the city was… Read the whole commentary →

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