Mark 1:40 - First Nations Version40 While in one of the villages, a man with a skin disease all over his body came to Creator Sets Free (Jesus). He humbled himself, bowed down, and pleaded with him, “Honored One! If you want to, you can heal and cleanse me.” Under tribal law anyone with a skin disease was considered ceremonially unclean and could not participate in ceremonies or attend meetings at the gathering houses. If someone touched or was touched by an unclean person, they would be considered unclean until the sun set that day. So to help people avoid this, the diseased person was required to shout, “Unclean! Unclean!” See the chapterMore versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 176940 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. See the chapterAmplified Bible - Classic Edition40 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. See the chapterAmerican 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. See the chapterCommon English Bible40 A man with a skin disease approached Jesus, fell to his knees, and begged, “If you want, you can make me clean.” See the chapterCatholic Public Domain Version40 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." See the chapter |