Mark 1:40 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

⁴⁰ Then a person with an infectious skin disease came to Jesus and, kneeling down before Him, begged Him, saying, “If you want to, you can heal me.” [Note: Throughout this narrative the terms “heal/healing” are originally “clean/cleansing” because the Jews viewed a person with such a disease as ceremonially “unclean.” See Lev. 13:1-3].

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁴⁰ And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁴⁰ And a leper came to Him, begging Him on his knees and saying to Him, If You are willing, You are able to make me clean.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁴⁰ And there cometh to him a leper, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ A man with a skin disease approached Jesus, fell to his knees, and begged, “If you want, you can make me clean.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁴⁰ And a leper came to him, begging him. And kneeling down, he said to him, "If you are willing, you are able to cleanse me."

Mark 1:40 Cross References

Matthew 17:14

When Jesus and His disciples met the crowd [that was gathered], a man came kneeling down to Jesus and saying to Him,

Mark 10:17

As Jesus was leaving to go on His way, a man ran to Him and kneeled down in front of Him and asked, “Good Teacher, what should I do in order to possess never ending life?”

Acts 7:60

Then he kneeled down and called out in a loud voice, “Lord, do not hold them responsible for this sin [of killing me].” And when he said this he fell asleep [in death].

Luke 22:41

Then Jesus went away from them about the distance of a stone’s throw and knelt down and prayed,

Matthew 11:5

[how] blind people are receiving back their sight, and crippled people are walking [again], and people with infectious skin diseases are being healed, and deaf-mutes are hearing [and speaking (?) again], and people are being raised [from the dead], and poor people are having the good news preached to them.

Ephesians 3:14

This is the reason that I bow my knees [in prayer] to the Father,

Mark 1:41

And being moved with deep pity, Jesus reached out His hand, touched him and said, “I do want to; be healed.”