And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.
Parallel translations
- WEB Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, “I want to. Be made clean.”
- BSB Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!”
- NKJV Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”
- NASB Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out with His hand and touched him, and *said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”
- NLT Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out and touched him. “I am willing,” he said. “Be healed!”
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Quick answer
Moved with compassion, Jesus touches the leper and declares Him willing to cleanse. He answers both the man's need and his trust.
Overview
Rather than being defiled by the leper, Jesus' touch cleanses him, showing His holiness overcomes uncleanness. His compassion reveals the heart of God toward the suffering and outcast. (Some manuscripts read 'moved with anger,' perhaps at the disease and its misery, but the dominant reading emphasizes His compassion.)
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- Matt 9:36But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
- Heb 4:15For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
- Heb 2:17Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.
- Mark 5:41And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
- Mark 6:34And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them many things.
- Heb 1:3Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;
- Luke 7:12–13Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
- Gen 1:3And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
- Mark 4:39And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
- Ps 33:9For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast.
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