MARK 1:40 Parallel Verse View

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OET (OET-RV) A man with leprosy came to Yeshua asking him, “I know that you could heal me if you wanted to.”

Key: khaki:verbs, light-green:nominative/subject, orange:accusative/object, cyan:dative/indirect object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT And a leper comes to him, begging him and kneeling down, saying to him, “If you are willing, you are able to make me clean.”

UST One day, a man who had a skin disease approached Jesus. He bowed down before Jesus and urged him, “Please heal me! I know that you can heal me if you want to do so.”

BSB Then a leper[fn] came to [Jesus], begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

1:40 A leper was one afflicted with a skin disease. See Leviticus 13.

MSB Then a leper[fn] came to [Jesus], begging and kneeling before Him[fn] and saying to Him: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

1:40 A leper was one afflicted with a skin disease. See Leviticus 13.

1:40 CT begging on his knees

BLB And a leper comes to Him, imploring Him and kneeling down to Him, and saying to Him, "If You are willing, You are able to cleanse me."

AICNT And a leper came to him, imploring him [kneeling down][fn] [[to him]][fn] and saying to him, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”

1:40, kneeling down: Absent from some manuscripts.

1:40, to him: Some manuscripts include.

OEB One day a leper came to Jesus and, falling on his knees, begged him for help. ‘If only you are willing,’ he said, ‘you are able to make me clean.’

WEBBE A leper came to him, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, “If you want to, you can make me clean.”

WMBB (Same as above)

NET Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. “If you are willing, you can make me clean,” he said.

LSV and there comes to Him a leper, calling on Him, and kneeling to Him, and saying to Him, “If You may will, You are able to cleanse me.”

FBV A leper came to him asking for help. The man kneeled down before Jesus, saying, “Please, if you're willing, you can heal me!”

TCNT Then a leper came up and [fn]knelt before him, begging him, “If yoʋ are willing, yoʋ can make me clean.”

1:40 knelt before him, begging him 85.9% ¦ begged him on his knees CT 6.1%

T4T One day a man who had a bad skin disease called leprosy came to Jesus. He knelt down in front of Jesus and then he pleaded with him saying, “Please heal me, because I know you are able to heal me if you want to!”

LEB ¶ And a leper came to him, entreating him and kneeling down, saying[fn] to him, “If you are willing, you are able to make me clean.”

1:40 Some manuscripts have “and saying”

BBE And a leper came to him and, going down on his knees before him, made a request, saying, If it is your pleasure, you have the power to make me clean.

Moff A leper came to him beseeching him on bended knee, saying, "If you only choose, you can cleanse me;"

Wymth One day there came a leper to Jesus entreating Him, and pleading on his knees. "If you are willing," he said, "you are able to cleanse me."

ASV 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.

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

YLT and there doth come to him a leper, calling on him, and kneeling to him, and saying to him — 'If thou mayest will, thou art able to cleanse me.'

Drby And there comes to him a leper, beseeching him, and falling on his knees to him, and saying to him, If thou wilt thou canst cleanse me.

RV 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.
(And there cometh/comes to him a leper, beseeching/imploring him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou/you wilt/will, thou/you canst make me clean. )

SLT And a leprous one came to him, beseeching him, and supplicating him on his knees, and saying to him, That if thou wouldst, thou canst cleanse me.

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

KJB-1769 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.
(And there came a leper to him, beseeching/imploring him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou/you wilt/will, thou/you canst make me clean. )

KJB-1611 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling downe to him, and saying vnto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me cleane.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above)

Bshps And there came a leper to hym, besechyng him, and knelyng downe to him, and saying vnto hym: If thou wylt, thou canst make me cleane.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Gnva And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeled downe vnto him, and said to him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me cleane.
(And there came a leper to him, beseeching/imploring him, and knelt down unto him, and said to him, If thou/you wilt/will, thou/you canst make me clean. )

Cvdl And there came vnto him a leper, which besought him, and kneled before him, & sayde vnto him: Yf thou wilt, thou canst make me cleane.
(And there came unto him a leper, which besought him, and knelt before him, and said unto him: If thou/you wilt/will, thou/you canst make me clean.)

TNT And there came a leper to him besechinge him and kneled doune vnto him and sayde to him: yf thou wilt thou canest make me clene.
(And there came a leper to him besechinge him and knelt down unto him and said to him: if thou/you wilt/will thou/you canest make me clean. )

Wycl And a leprouse man cam to hym, and bisouyte, `and knelide, and seide, If thou wolt, thou maist clense me.
(And a leprouse man came to him, and besought, and knelt, and said, If thou/you wilt/will, thou/you mayest/may cleanse me.)

Luth Und es kam zu ihm ein Aussätziger, der bat ihn, knieete vor ihm und sprach zu ihm: Willst du, so kannst du mich wohl reinigen.
(And it came to/for him a Aussätziger, the/of_the asked him/it, kneelse before/in_front_of him and spoke to/for him: Want you(sg), so can you(sg) me probably/well clean(v).)

ClVg Et venit ad eum leprosus deprecans eum: et genu flexo dixit ei: Si vis, potes me mundare.[fn]
(And he_came to him leper begging him: and knee bend he/she_said to_him: When/But_if you_want, you_can me to_clean. )

1.40 Et genu flexo, etc. BEDA. Humilis pudibundus. Debet enim quisque de maculis vitæ suæ erubescere, sed confessionem verecundia non reprimat: ostendat vulnus, remedium poscat. HIER. Leprosus genuflexo Domini voluntatem deprecans mundatur qui non vult mortem peccatoris, sed, etc., usque ad: Date eleemosynam: et ecce omnia munda sunt. Luc. 11.. BEDA. Leprosus genus humanum significat, qui, secundum Lucam, lepra plenus fuisse perhibetur. Omnes enim, etc., usque ad et vero sacerdoti offerre corpora sua hostiam viventem, sanctam, Deo placentem Rom. 12.. Si vis potes. ID. In voluntate tribuit potestatem, nec dubitat ut incredulus de voluntate Domini, sed colluvionis suæ conscius non præsumit. ID. Qui exclusus a lege Domini se potestate curari postulat, supra legem judicat gratiam esse. Ut enim in Domino potestatis auctoritas, sic in illo fidei constantia.

1.40 And knee bend, etc. BEDA. Humble pudibundus. Debet because everyone/whoever from/about spots of_life his/her_own to_blush, but confession really/trulycundia not/no reprimat: show wound(n)/injury, remedy poscat. HIER. Leprosus kneeflexo Master will begging is_cleaned who/which not/no wants death sinner, but, etc., until to: Give alms: and behold everything clean are. Luc. 11.. BEDA. Leprosus kind/class human means, who, after/second Lucam, leprosy full to_have_been perhibetur. All_of_them because, etc., until to and indeed/however to_the_priest to_offer bodies his_own victim living, holy, to_God pleaseem Rom. 12.. When/But_if you_want you_can. ID. In willingly gives power, but_not doubts as incredulous from/about willingly Master, but colluvionis his/her_own conscious not/no beforesumit. ID. Who exclusus from lawfully Master himself power careri demands, above the_law judges grace to_be. As because in/into/on Master powers authority, so in/into/on that/there of_faith constantia.

UGNT καὶ ἔρχεται πρὸς αὐτὸν λεπρὸς, παρακαλῶν αὐτὸν καὶ γονυπετῶν λέγων αὐτῷ, ὅτι ἐὰν θέλῃς, δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι.
(kai erⱪetai pros auton lepros, parakalōn auton kai gonupetōn legōn autōi, hoti ean thelaʸs, dunasai me katharisai.)

SBL-GNT Καὶ ἔρχεται πρὸς αὐτὸν λεπρὸς παρακαλῶν αὐτὸν καὶ ⸀γονυπετῶν λέγων αὐτῷ ὅτι Ἐὰν θέλῃς δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι.
(Kai erⱪetai pros auton lepros parakalōn auton kai ⸀gonupetōn legōn autōi hoti Ean thelaʸs dunasai me katharisai.)

RP-GNT Καὶ ἔρχεται πρὸς αὐτὸν λεπρός, παρακαλῶν αὐτὸν καὶ γονυπετῶν αὐτόν, καὶ λέγων αὐτῷ ὅτι Ἐὰν θέλῃς, δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι.
(Kai erⱪetai pros auton lepros, parakalōn auton kai gonupetōn auton, kai legōn autōi hoti Ean thelaʸs, dunasai me katharisai.)

TC-GNT Καὶ ἔρχεται πρὸς αὐτὸν λεπρός, παρακαλῶν αὐτὸν καὶ γονυπετῶν [fn]αὐτόν, [fn]καὶ λέγων αὐτῷ ὅτι Ἐὰν θέλῃς, δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι.
(Kai erⱪetai pros auton lepros, parakalōn auton kai gonupetōn auton, kai legōn autōi hoti Ean thelaʸs, dunasai me katharisai. )

1:40 αυτον 85.9% ¦ — CT 6.1%

1:40 και ¦ — SBL WH

Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 1:40–45: Jesus healed a man with a skin disease called “leprosy”

In this section, Jesus healed a man who had a skin disease that is sometimes called “leprosy.” The Jewish law declared that such a person was ritually unclean and therefore was an outcast. He could not go to the temple to worship God until he was cured. If he was cured, he had to make certain sacrifices to God before people would consider him “clean” again. The law did not allow anyone even to touch such a person. But Jesus touched the man and healed him.

It is good to translate this section before you decide on a heading for it.

Here are some other possible section headings:

The healing of an outcast

Jesus healed a man with a dreaded skin disease

There are parallel passages for this section in Matthew 8:1–4 and Luke 5:12–16.

1:40a

Then a leper came to Jesus,

¶ A man with a dreaded skin disease called leprosy came to Jesus.
¶ A certain man came to Jesus. This man was sick with a terrible skin disease.

Then a leper came to Jesus: This sentence begins a new story and introduces a new person. Consider how you would introduce this story and person in a natural way in your language.

Here are some other ways to do this in English:

There was a certain man who came to Jesus. He had leprosy…

One day a man came to Jesus. This man was sick with leprosy…

leper: The Greek word that the BSB translates as leper refers to a person who has a disease called “leprosy.” The word “leprosy” refers to several different skin diseases. Scholars disagree as to whether these diseases included modern-day leprosy (Hansen’s disease). They agree that in New Testament times the Greek word referred to dreaded skin diseases. People believed that these diseases were spread by contact with someone who had the disease. A person who had one of these diseases was also considered ritually unclean. Some ways to translate this word are:

Use a general phrase that describes the nature or significance of the disease. For example:
a man suffering from a dreaded skin disease (GNT)
a man with a serious skin disease (GW)
a man with a contagious skin disease
Use a term that refers specifically to leprosy. For example:
a man with leprosy
a man with something like leprosy

A term that refers specifically to leprosy may be appropriate in areas where readers are already familiar with the term “leprosy.” If you decide to use a word meaning “leprosy,” it is recommended that you add a footnote to give more information. For example:

The disease that is mentioned here refers to various contagious and dreaded skin diseases. A person who had one of these diseases was considered ritually unclean. According to the Jewish law, he was not allowed to associate with other people or to worship in the Temple.

Jesus: Here the Greek text is literally the pronoun “him” (as in the RSV). The pronoun “him” refers to Jesus. Since this is the beginning of a new section, it may be natural in your language to use the name Jesus here, as the BSB does.

1:40b

begging on his knees:

He knelt down and begged Jesus for help, saying,
He humbly begged Jesus to heal him. He said,

begging on his knees: The phrase on his knees indicates that the man knelt on the ground. He knelt like this to show that he was coming to Jesus in a very humble way. He showed great respect to Jesus as he requested his help.

In some cultures, kneeling may not show humility. It may even have a different meaning. If that is true in your language, here are some other ways to translate this:

Translate the action and explain the meaning. For example:
getting on his knees to show humility and begging Jesus
kneeling to show respect as he urgently asked Jesus to help him
Use a descriptive phrase. For example:
humbly begging Jesus to help him
Use an idiom that shows humility in your language.

1:40c

“If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

“If you^(sing) will, you^(sing) are able to heal me and make me ritually pure.”
“You^(sing) have the power to heal me if you^(sing) want to, and then I will be ritually clean. Please, will you heal me?”

If You are willing, You can make me clean: This statement indicates that the man with leprosy believed that Jesus had the power to heal him. But he did not know whether Jesus was willing to do it. This statement was a polite way for the man to ask Jesus to heal him.

In some languages it may be necessary to make that request explicit. For example:

I know that if you want to, you can make me clean. So please, I beg you, to heal me.

If you are willing, you can make me clean, so will you please heal me?

Notice that the second example expresses the man’s request as a question. This makes it more polite in some languages. Consider how the man would express his request politely in your language.

make me clean: The phrase make me clean in this context means “make me ritually clean by healing me.” It does not refer to cleansing from physical dirt.

According to Jewish law, people with the skin disease called “leprosy” were ritually unclean or impure. They were not allowed to participate in public religious ceremonies or to worship God in the temple. They had to live away from other people who did not have this disease. When they were healed, they became ritually clean, and then they were allowed to enter the temple again and participate in community activities.

Here are several ways to translate the phrase make me clean:

Translate both the idea of healing and the idea of causing the man to become ritually clean. Translate the ideas in a natural order in your language. For example:
you can heal me and make me ritually clean
you can heal me so that I will be ritually pure
Translate only the idea of healing here. For example:
you have the power to make me well
Translate only the idea of causing the man to be ritually clean. For example:
you can make me ritually clean so I can worship God and be around people again

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

ἔρχεται πρὸς αὐτὸν λεπρὸς

˓is˒_coming (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἔρχεται πρός αὐτόν λεπρός παρακαλῶν αὐτόν λέγων αὐτῷ ὅτι Ἐάν θέλῃς δύνασαι μέ καθαρίσαι)

Here Mark introduces a leper as a new character in the story. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a new character. Alternate translation: [there was a man who was a leper. He comes to Jesus]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἔρχεται

˓is˒_coming

In a context such as this, your language might say “goes” instead of comes. Alternate translation: [goes]

Note 3 topic: translate-symaction

γονυπετῶν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Καί ἔρχεται πρός αὐτόν λεπρός παρακαλῶν αὐτόν λέγων αὐτῷ ὅτι Ἐάν θέλῃς δύνασαι μέ καθαρίσαι)

In this man’s culture, kneeling down before a person was a way to honor a greater person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer to a similar action from your culture, or you could explain what kneeling down means. Alternate translation: [prostrating himself before him] or [bowing down to him in respect]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / declarative

δύνασαί με καθαρίσαι

The man is using this statement to make a request. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in request form. Alternate translation: [please make me clean]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

με καθαρίσαι

The man talks about becoming clean ceremonially, but it is implicit that he has become unclean because of his leprosy, so he is primarily asking Jesus to heal him of this disease. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: [to heal my disease]

Parallel MARK 1:40

Section 1:40–45: Jesus healed a man with a skin disease called “leprosy”

1:40a

1:40b

1:40c