Mark 1:35–45

³⁵And rising in the morning long before day, he went out and went away into a desert place, and there prayed. ³⁶And Simon and those with him went after him: ³⁷and having found him, they say to him, All seek thee. ³⁸And he says to them, Let us go elsewhere into the neighbouring country towns, that I may preach there also, for for this purpose am I come forth. ³⁹And he was preaching in their synagogues in the whole of Galilee, and casting out demons.

⁴⁰And there comes to him a leper, beseeching him, and falling on his knees to him, and saying to him, If thou wilt thou canst cleanse me. ⁴¹But Jesus, moved with compassion, having stretched out his hand, touched him, and says to him, I will, be thou cleansed. ⁴²And as he spoke straightway the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed. ⁴³And having sharply charged him, he straightway sent him away, ⁴⁴and says to him, See thou say nothing to any one, but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing what Moses ordained, for a testimony to them. ⁴⁵But he, having gone forth, began to proclaim it much, and to spread the matter abroad, so that he could no longer enter openly into the city, but was without in desert places, and they came to him from every side.