Mark 1:21–45

DRIVING OUT AN UNCLEAN SPIRIT

²¹They^bs went into Capernaum,^bt and right away he entered the synagogue^bu on the Sabbath^bv and began to teach.^{bw 22}They were astonished^bx at his teaching^by because he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not like the scribes.

²³Just then a man with an unclean^bz spirit^ca was in their synagogue.^cb He cried out, ²⁴“What do you have to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?^cc Have you come to destroy^cd us? I know who you are—the Holy^ce One of God!”^cf

²⁵Jesus rebuked^cg him saying, “Be silent,^ch and come out of him!” ²⁶And the unclean spirit threw him into convulsions,^ci shouted with a loud voice, and came out of him.

²⁷They were all amazed,^cj and so they began to ask^ck each other, “What is this? A new teaching^cl with authority!^Acm He commands even the unclean^cn spirits,^co and they obey him.” ²⁸At once the news about him spread throughout the entire vicinity of Galilee.^a

HEALINGS AT CAPERNAUM

²⁹As^b soon as they left the synagogue,^c they went into Simon^d and Andrew’s^e house^f with James^g and John.^{h 30}Simon’s mother-in-law was lying in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. ³¹So he went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up.ⁱ The fever^j left her,^B and she began to serve^k them.^l

³²When^m evening came, after the sun had set, they brought to him all those who were sickⁿ and demon-possessed.^{o 33}The whole town was assembled at the door, ³⁴and he healed^p many who were sick with various diseases^q and drove out^r many demons.^s And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.^t

PREACHING IN GALILEE

³⁵Very^u early in the morning, while it was still dark, he got up, went out, and made his way to a deserted place;^v and there he was praying.^{w 36}Simon^x and his companions searched for him, ³⁷and when they found him they said, “Everyone is looking for you.”

³⁸And he said to them, “Let’s go on to the neighboring villages so that I may preach^y there too. This is why I have come.”

A MAN CLEANSED

³⁹He went into all of Galilee,^z preaching in their synagogues^aa and driving out demons. ⁴⁰Then^ab a man with leprosy^ac came to him and, on his knees,^Dad begged him, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”^{ae 41}Moved with compassion,^Eaf Jesus reached out his hand and touched^ag him. “I am willing,” he told him. “Be made clean.” ⁴²Immediately the leprosy^ah left him, and he was made clean. ⁴³Then he sternly warned^ai him and sent him away^aj at once, ⁴⁴telling him, “See that you say nothing to anyone;^ak but go and show^al yourself to the priest,^am and offer^an what Moses commanded for your cleansing,^ao as a testimony^ap to them.”^{F 45}Yet he went out and began to proclaim^aq it widely and to spread the news,^ar with the result that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly. But he was out in deserted places, and they came to him from everywhere.