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.

Cross-reference

Mark 9:22 Parallel

Mark 9:22 repeats the conditional plea—'if you can'—closely matching the leper's 'if you will,' both asking for healing with faith's uncertainty.

Mark 9:23 Contrast

Mark 9:23 shows Jesus correcting the father's 'if you can,' while to the leper's 'if you will' He immediately responds 'I will'—contrasting faith and doubt.

Mark 10:17 Parallel

Mark 10:17 shows a man kneeling before Jesus — parallel posture of humble request.

Leviticus 14:57 Historical context

Leviticus 14:57 concludes the law for leprosy, summarizing clean/unclean rules that form the legal background for Jesus' cleansing command.

Deuteronomy 24:8 Historical context

Deuteronomy 24:8 commands careful obedience to priests' directions for leprosy, directly behind Jesus' instruction to the cleansed leper.

2 Kings 5:5-27 recounts Naaman's healing by Elisha, a strong OT precedent for prophetic cleansing of leprosy.

2 Kings 5:7 Contrast

2 Kings 5:7 shows a king helpless to cure leprosy, contrasting with Jesus who immediately heals the leper, revealing His divine authority.

Matthew 8:2-4 is the parallel account of the same leper healing, with identical dialogue and Jesus' command to show the priest.

Matthew 11:5 lists lepers cleansed as messianic signs, directly connecting to Jesus' action here.

Luke 5:12-14 recounts the same leper healing, including the leper's plea and Jesus' instruction to follow Mosaic law.

Luke 17:12-19 tells of ten lepers healed by Jesus — another instance of the same miracle type.

Leviticus 14:2 provides the purification law for lepers, which Jesus later commands the healed man to follow (Mark 1:44), grounding the miracle in Mosaic instruction.

Numbers 12:10-15 describes Miriam's leprosy and healing after Moses' intercession, an OT precedent of divine cleansing from leprosy.

2 Kings 5:27 shows Gehazi struck with leprosy as punishment — contrasting with the leper's plea for mercy in Mark.

Matthew 17:14 shows another supplicant kneeling before Jesus for healing, echoing the posture and plea of the leper, though for a son's seizures.