Discussion Questions
Mk 1:29-39

1. Who approached Jesus in Mark 1:40?

A man with leprosy approached Jesus.

2. What did the man with leprosy do when he approached Jesus in Mark 1:40?

The man knelt down and begged Jesus for help.

3. What did the man with leprosy say to Jesus in Mark 1:40?

“If you are willing, you can make me clean.”

4. How did Jesus respond to the man with leprosy in Mark 1:41?

Jesus was moved with compassion and reached out his hand to touch the man, saying, “I am willing. Be clean!”

5. What happened to the man with leprosy after Jesus touched him in Mark 1:42?

Immediately, the man’s leprosy left him, and he was cleansed.

6. What did Jesus sternly warn the man with leprosy in Mark 1:43?

Jesus warned the man not to tell anyone about the healing but to go and show himself to the priest as a testimony.

7. Did the man with leprosy listen to Jesus’ warning in Mark 1:45?

No, the man did not listen to Jesus; instead, he went out and spread the news about the healing freely.

8. As a result of the man’s disobedience, what happened to Jesus in Mark 1:45?

Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but had to stay outside in lonely places, and people came to him from everywhere._