Charles Spurgeon Commentary Mark 1:41

"And being moved with compassion, he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou made clean." — Mark 1:41 (ASV)

Put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean.

If you or I were to touch a leper, his uncleanliness would at once be communicated to us, but when Christ touches a leper, his cleanliness is communicated to the leper. Oh, how high our blessed Lord stands above us! When we have to deal with certain peculiarly sad cases, we ought to approach the work with much earnest prayer that we ourselves may not be contaminated by contact with gross sinners, but Christ has such virtue in himself that he can even touch the fevered and the leprous, and yet sustain no injury.

And Jesus, moved with compassion,--

This is a wonderful expression: moved with compassion. The face of Jesus and his whole person showed that his very soul was stirred by an intense sympathy for this poor leper: Jesus, moved with compassion,-