Mark 1:40 (YLT)

Passage

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.'

Nearby Context

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.'

Mark 1:41 And Jesus having been moved with compassion, having stretched forth the hand, touched him, and saith to him, `I will; be thou cleansed;'

Mark 1:42 and he having spoken, immediately the leprosy went away from him, and he was cleansed.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "doth", "come", "leper", "calling", "kneeling", "saying", "him--", and "thou". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "doth" and "come", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 39's "And he was preaching in their synagogues..." into verse 41's "And Jesus having been moved with compassion...", so "doth" and "come" 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 "doth" and "come" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.