Mark 1:41 (GNV)

Passage

And Iesus had compassion, and put foorth his hand, and touched him, and said to him, I wil: be thou cleane.

Nearby Context

Mark 1:39 And hee preached in their Synagogues, throughout all Galile, and cast the deuils out.

Mark 1:40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeled downe vnto him, and said to him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me cleane.

Mark 1:41 And Iesus had compassion, and put foorth his hand, and touched him, and said to him, I wil: be thou cleane.

Mark 1:42 And assone as he had spoken, immediatly ye leprosie departed from him, and he was made cleane.

Mark 1:43 And after he had giue him a streight commandement, he sent him away forthwith,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "iesus", "compassion", "foorth", "hand", "touched", "said", "thou", and "cleane". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "iesus" and "compassion", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 40's "And there came a leper to him..." into verse 42's "And assone as he had spoken immediatly...", so "iesus" and "compassion" belong inside that flow. In Mark context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "iesus" and "compassion" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.