Mark 1:21–45

^21aThey went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath ^bHe entered the synagogue and began to teach.

^22aThey were amazed at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

²³Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

²⁴saying, “^aWhat ¹business do we have with each other, Jesus ²of ^bNazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—^cthe Holy One of God!”

²⁵And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”

²⁶Throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

²⁷They were all ^aamazed, so that they debated among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”

²⁸Immediately the news about Him spread everywhere into all the surrounding district of Galilee.

Crowds Healed

^29aAnd immediately after they came ^bout of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with ¹James and John.

³⁰Now Simon’s mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever; and immediately they spoke to ¹Jesus about her.

³¹And He came to her and raised her up, taking her by the hand, and the fever left her, and she ¹waited on them.

^32aWhen evening came, ^bafter the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all who were ill and those who were ^cdemon-possessed.

³³And the whole ^acity had gathered at the door.

³⁴And He ^ahealed many who were ill with various diseases, and cast out many demons; and He was not permitting the demons to speak, because they knew who He was.

^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.