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Scott's Reference Library
Mark 1:40 through Mark 1:45 (NIV)
40A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are
willing, you can make me clean.”
41Filled with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am
willing,” he said. “Be clean!” 42Immediately the leprosy left him and he was
cured.
43Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning: 44“See that you don’t tell
this to anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices
that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” 45Instead he
went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could
no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the
people still came to him from everywhere.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSES 40-45
We have here Christ’s cleansing of a leper. It teaches us to apply to the
Saviour with great humility, and with full submission to his will, saying,
“Lord, if thou wilt,” without any doubt of Christ’s readiness to help the
distressed. See also what to expect from Christ; that according to our faith it
shall be to us. The poor leper said, If thou wilt. Christ readily wills favours
to those who readily refer themselves to his will. Christ would have nothing
done that looked like seeking praise of the people. But no reasons now exist why
we should hesitate to spread the praises of Christ.
See John 4:46-54
See Healing