你必能叫我洁净 — 马可福音读经随笔 第1章

马可福音第一章第40—44节，说一个长大痳疯的跪下恳求耶稣说“你若肯，必能叫我洁净了”。耶稣动了慈心，就把他洁净了。前三部福音书都记载了这件事，路加福音说这个人长满了大痳疯。利未记说若一个人“若长满了大痲疯，就要定那患灾病的为洁净。全身都变为白，他乃洁净了”。圣经里大痳疯预表人的罪。当一个人承认自己大痳疯长满的时候，就是预表一个人承认自己是彻头彻尾的罪人。这个人来到耶稣这里，耶稣就把他从罪中拯救出来，因为他相信耶稣已经在十字架上担当了他的罪。这时候他就被耶稣的血洗白了，成为了无罪的义人，并有永生。这就是为什么大痳疯长满了的人全身都变白，他乃洁净了。
可1:40 有一个长大痲疯的、来求耶稣、向他跪下说、你若肯、必能叫我洁净了。
A leper came to him, begging him, kneeling down to him, and saying to him, "If you want to, you can make me clean."
可1:41 耶稣动了慈心、就伸手摸他、说、我肯、你洁净了吧。
Being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, "I want to. Be made clean."
可1:42 大痲疯即时离开他、他就洁净了。
When he had said this, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.
可1:43 耶稣严严的嘱咐他、就打发他走、
He strictly warned him, and immediately sent him out,
可1:44 对他说、你要谨慎、甚么话都不可告诉人．只要去把身体给祭司察看、又因为你洁净了、献上摩西所吩咐的礼物、对众人作证据。
and said to him, "See you say nothing to anybody, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them."
利13:13 祭司就要察看．全身的肉、若长满了大痲疯、就要定那患灾病的为洁净、全身都变为白、他乃洁净了。
then the priest shall examine him; and, behold, if the leprosy has covered all his flesh, he shall pronounce him clean of the plague. It has all turned white: he is clean.