Mark 1:35–45

^35aIn the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and ^bwas praying there.

³⁶Simon and his companions searched for Him;

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

³⁸He said to them, “Let us go somewhere else to the towns nearby, so that I may ¹preach there also; for that is what I came for.”

^39aAnd He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, ¹preaching and casting out the demons.

^40aAnd a leper came to Jesus, beseeching Him and ^bfalling on his knees before Him, and saying, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”

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

⁴²Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed.

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

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

⁴⁵But he went out and began to ^aproclaim it freely and to spread the news around, to such an extent that ¹Jesus could no longer publicly enter a city, but ²stayed out in unpopulated areas; and ^bthey were coming to Him from everywhere.