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Mark 1:40

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.

KJV

Καὶ ἔρχεται πρὸς αὐτὸν λεπρὸς, παρακαλῶν αὐτὸν καὶ γονυπετῶν λέγων αὐτῷ ὅτι ἐὰν θέλῃς δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι.

Greek NT

Et venit ad eum leprosus deprecans eum : et genu flexo dixit ei : Si vis, potes me mundare.

Vulgate

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.

ASV

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

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

14 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

αὐτός
autos
pronoun · 5564×
γονυπετέω
gonupeteo
verb · 4×
δύναμαι
dunamai
verb · 209×
θέλω
thelo
verb · 208×
καί
kai
conjunction · 8973×
καθαρίζω
katharizo
verb · 31×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
λεπρός
lepros
adjective · 9×
παρακαλέω
parakaleo
verb · 108×
πρός
pros
preposition · 697×
ἐάν
ean
conditional · 333×
ἐγώ
ego
pronoun · 1720×
ἔρχομαι
erchomai
verb · 627×
ὅτι
oti
conjunction · 1299×

Textual variants

1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.

notable
SBLGNT: γονυπετῶν | WH: γονυπετῶν | NIV: + καὶ | Treg/RP: αὐτὸν καὶ
  • γονυπετῶνSBLGNT
  • γονυπετῶνWestcott-Hort
  • + καὶReader's GNT (NA27)
  • αὐτὸν καὶTregelles, Robinson-Pierpont
source: sblgnt-apparatus

Miracle

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2616Prayer to Jesus is answered by him already during his ministry, through signs that anticipate the power of his death and Resurrection: Jesus hears the prayer of faith, expressed in words (the leper, Jairus, the Canaanite woman, the good thief)84 or in silence (the bearers of the paralytic, the woman with a hemorrhage who touches his clothes, the tears and ointment of the sinful…

Cross-references

  • 2Sam 3:29 — Let it rest on the head of Joab, and on all his father’s house; and let there not fail from the house of Joab one that hath an issue, or that is a leper, or that leaneth on a staff, or that falleth on
  • Lev 13:1 — And the LORD spake unto Moses and Aaron, saying,
  • Lev 14:2 — This shall be the law of the leper in the day of his cleansing: He shall be brought unto the priest:
  • Luke 5:12 — And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
  • Luke 5:12 — And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy: who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
  • Mark 7:25 — For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet:
  • Mark 9:22 — And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.
  • Matt 8:2 — And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
  • Matt 8:2 — And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
  • Matt 17:14 — And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
  • Matt 17:14 — And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying,