40 Then  * 1:40–44 Mt 8:2–4; Lk 5:12–14 a man with leprosy  * 1:40 Gk lepros; a term for various skin diseases, also in v. 42; see Lv 13–14,* 1:40 Mt 11:5 came to him and, on his knees,  * 1:40 Other mss omit on his knees,* 1:40 Mt 17:14 begged him, "If you are willing, you can make me clean."  * 1:40 1Jn 1:741 Moved with compassion,  * 1:41 Other mss Moved with indignation,* 1:41 Lk 15:20 Jesus reached out his hand and touched  * 1:41 Jn 20:17 him. "I am willing," he told him. "Be made clean."42 Immediately the leprosy  * 1:42 Lk 5:12 left him, and he was made clean.