Mark 1:35–45

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.