Mark 1:40
Douay-Rheims
And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down said to him: If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
Jerome (attributed)
Mystically, our leprosy is the sin of the first man, which began from the head, when he desired the kingdoms of the world. For covetousness is the root of all evil; wherefore Gehazi, engaged in an avaritious pursuit, is covered with leprosy.
Source details
as excerpted in the Catena Aurea on Mark 1:40-45
Imported from an open dataset — not yet checked against the printed edition.