你必能叫我潔淨 — 馬可福音讀經隨筆 第1章

馬可福音第一章第40—44節，說一個長大痳瘋的跪下懇求耶穌說“你若肯，必能叫我潔淨了”。耶穌動了慈心，就把他潔淨了。前三部福音書都記載了這件事，路加福音說這個人長滿了大痳瘋。利未記說若一個人“若長滿了大痲瘋，就要定那患災病的為潔淨。全身都變為白，他乃潔淨了”。聖經裏大痳瘋預表人的罪。當一個人承認自己大痳瘋長滿的時候，就是預表一個人承認自己是徹頭徹尾的罪人。這個人來到耶穌這裏，耶穌就把他從罪中拯救出來，因為他相信耶穌已經在十字架上擔當了他的罪。這時候他就被耶穌的血洗白了，成為了無罪的義人，並有永生。這就是為什麽大痳瘋長滿了的人全身都變白，他乃潔淨了。
可1:40 有一個長大痲瘋的、來求耶穌、向他跪下說、你若肯、必能叫我潔淨了。
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 耶穌動了慈心、就伸手摸他、說、我肯、你潔淨了吧。
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 大痲瘋即時離開他、他就潔淨了。
When he had said this, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.
可1:43 耶穌嚴嚴的囑咐他、就打發他走、
He strictly warned him, and immediately sent him out,
可1:44 對他說、你要謹慎、甚麽話都不可告訴人．隻要去把身體給祭司察看、又因為你潔淨了、獻上摩西所吩咐的禮物、對眾人作證據。
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、若長滿了大痲瘋、就要定那患災病的為潔淨、全身都變為白、他乃潔淨了。
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.