Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed — the cure is instant and complete: the leprosy left him (disease departed) and he was cleansed (ritual status restored). Both dimensions — physical and ritual — are addressed in the single healing. The immediacy (euthys) is characteristic: Mark's Jesus does not have a healing process or a gradual recovery period. The word cleansed (ekatharisthē) echoes the leper's own petition — he asked for cleansing, and cleansing is precisely what he received. The outcome demonstrates that Jesus' willingness matches his power: the one who can also will, without restriction or limit based on the condition of the one asking.

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