Mark 1:40 (KJV)

Passage

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.

Nearby Context

Mark 1:38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.

Mark 1:39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.

Mark 1:40 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.

Mark 1:41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.

Mark 1:42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "came", "leper", "beseeching", "kneeling", "down", "saying", "thou", and "wilt". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "came" and "leper", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 39's "And he preached in their synagogues throughout..." into verse 41's "And Jesus moved with compassion put forth...", so "came" and "leper" 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 "came" and "leper" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.