Mark 1:38-45 ▼

38 And he said to them, |Let us go somewhere else into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because I came out for this reason.|

39 And he went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.

40 And a leper came to him, begging him, and knelt down and said to him, |Lord, if you want to, you can make me clean.|

41 And being moved with compassion, he stretched out his hand, and touched him, and said to him, |I am willing. Be cleansed.|

42 And immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.

43 And he strictly warned him, and immediately sent him out,

44 and said to him, |See you say nothing to anyone, but go show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.|

45 But he went out, and began to proclaim it freely, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places: and they came to him from everywhere.