Mark 1:38 (YLT)

Passage

and he saith to them, `We may go to the next towns, that there also I may preach, for for this I came forth.'

Nearby Context

Mark 1:36 and Simon and those with him went in quest of him,

Mark 1:37 and having found him, they say to him, --`All do seek thee;'

Mark 1:38 and he saith to them, `We may go to the next towns, that there also I may preach, for for this I came forth.'

Mark 1:39 And he was preaching in their synagogues, in all Galilee, and is casting out the demons,

Mark 1:40 and there doth come to him a leper, calling on him, and kneeling to him, and saying to him--`If thou mayest will, thou art able to cleanse me.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "saith", "next", "towns", "preach", "came", and "forth". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "saith" and "next", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 37's "and having found him they say to..." into verse 39's "And he was preaching in their synagogues...", so "saith" and "next" 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 "saith" and "next" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.