Mark 1:42 (LSB)

Passage

And immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed.

Nearby Context

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.

Mark 1:43 And He sternly warned him and immediately sent him away,

Mark 1:44 and He said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "immediately", "leprosy", "left", and "cleansed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "immediately" and "leprosy", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 41's "And moved with compassion He stretched out..." into verse 43's "And He sternly warned him and immediately...", so "immediately" and "leprosy" 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 "immediately" and "leprosy" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.