Note 2 at Mk. 1:41: Only Mark records this important statement that Jesus was "moved with compassion" in the healing of this leper. There are three other instances in the gospels where Jesus is moved with compassion that results in healing (Mt. 14:14; 20:34; Lk. 7:13; and once in deliverance---Mk. 5:19). The difference between seeing a person healed or not healed many times is this all-important ingredient of love (1 Cor. 13:2; Gal. 5:6).

Note 3 at Mk. 1:41: All three of the gospel accounts record Jesus touching this leper. This not only illustrates the doctrine of "laying on of hands" (Heb. 6:2; see note 1 at Mt. 8:15, p. 66), but was probably included because according to Numbers 19:22, this action would have made Jesus unclean. This illustrates the New Testament ministry of the spirit versus the Old Testament ministry of the letter of the law (2 Cor. 3:6). Jesus did not have to avoid the ceremonial uncleanness that would come from physical contact with a leper (see note 1 at Lk. 5:12, p. 87) because He came to bear our sins in His own body (2 Cor. 5:21; 1 Pet. 2:24).