Mark 1:36-45 ▼

36 Simon and his companions eagerly searched for Him;

37 and they found Him and said to Him, “Everyone is looking for You.”

38 He said to them, “Let’s go somewhere else to the towns nearby, so that I may also preach there; for this is why I came.”

39 And He went into their synagogues preaching throughout Galilee, and casting out the demons.

40 And a man with leprosy came to Jesus, imploring Him and kneeling down, and saying to Him, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

41 Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out with His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”

42 And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed.

43 And He sternly warned him and immediately sent him away,

44 and He said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”

45 But he went out and began to proclaim it freely and to spread the news around, to such an extent that Jesus could no longer publicly enter a city, but stayed out in unpopulated areas; and they were coming to Him from everywhere.