Mark 1:41

41 Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean. ”

Mark 1:41 Meaning and Commentary

Mark 1:41

And Jesus, moved with compassion
At the sad and deplorable case the poor man was in, being a merciful high priest, and not with a desire of popular applause, and vain glory:

put forth his hand and touched him;
though the leprosy was spread all over him, and there was no place clean, and touching him was forbidden by the law:

and saith unto him, I will be thou clean; (See Gill on Matthew 8:3).

Mark 1:41 In-Context

39 And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.

40 And a leper came to him, imploring him, and kneeling said to him, “If you will, you can make me clean. ”

41 Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I will; be clean. ”

42 And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.

43 And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once,