Mark 1:40-44

40 A leper [a] came to him begging him, and kneeling [b] he said to him, "If you choose, you can make me clean."
41 Moved with pity, [c] Jesus [d] stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, "I do choose. Be made clean!"
42 Immediately the leprosy [e] left him, and he was made clean.
43 After sternly warning him he sent him away at once,
44 saying 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."

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. The terms [leper] and [leprosy] can refer to several diseases
  • [b]. Other ancient authorities lack [kneeling]
  • [c]. Other ancient authorities read [anger]
  • [d]. Gk [he]
  • [e]. The terms [leper] and [leprosy] can refer to several diseases
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