Mark 1:41 (WEB)

Passage

Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, “I want to. Be made clean.”

Nearby Context

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

Mark 1:40 A leper came to him, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, “If you want to, you can make me clean.”

Mark 1:41 Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, “I want to. Be made clean.”

Mark 1:42 When he had said this, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.

Mark 1:43 He strictly warned him, and immediately sent him out,

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 40's "A leper came to him begging him..." into verse 42's "When he had said this immediately the...", so "moved" 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 "moved" and "compassion" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.