Mark 1:40 (LSB)

Passage

And a leper came to Jesus, pleading with Him and falling on his knees before Him, and saying, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

Nearby Context

Mark 1:38 And He said to them, “Let us go elsewhere, to the towns nearby, so that I may preach there also; for that is what I came out for.”

Mark 1:39 And He went, preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee and casting out the demons.

Mark 1:40 And a leper came to Jesus, pleading with Him and falling on his knees before Him, and saying, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

Mark 1:41 And moved with compassion, He stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”

Mark 1:42 And immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "leper", "came", "jesus", "pleading", "falling", "knees", "before", and "saying". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "leper" and "came", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 39's "And He went preaching in their synagogues..." into verse 41's "And moved with compassion He stretched out...", so "leper" and "came" 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 "leper" and "came" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.