Mark, my words: Jesus and the leper

so we continue the walk through Mark and in this one we take a look at Jesus' encounter with a leper Mark 1 verse 40 to 42 as always, would love to hear any thoughts, ideas or impressions that hit you as you looked at or listened to this passage so please leave your, ahem, mark... to continue on to the next story about Jesus healing the paralytic who was lowered thru the roof