Mark 1:41

41 Jesus was filled with pity, [a] and reached out and touched him. "I do want to," he answered. "Be clean!"

Mark 1:41 In-Context

39 So he traveled all over Galilee, preaching in the synagogues and driving out demons.
40 A man suffering from a dreaded skin disease came to Jesus, knelt down, and begged him for help. "If you want to," he said, "you can make me clean."
41 Jesus was filled with pity, and reached out and touched him. "I do want to," he answered. "Be clean!"
42 At once the disease left the man, and he was clean.
43 Then Jesus spoke sternly to him and sent him away at once,

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. pity; [some manuscripts have] anger.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.