Mark 1:21–45

²¹And they go on to Capernaum, and immediately, on the sabbaths, having gone into the synagogue, he was teaching, ²²and they were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

²³And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, ²⁴saying, ‘Away! what—to us and to thee, Jesus the Nazarene? thou didst come to destroy us; I have known thee who thou art—the Holy One of God.’ ²⁵And Jesus rebuked him, saying, ‘Be silenced, and come forth out of him,’ ²⁶and the unclean spirit having torn him, and having cried with a great voice, came forth out of him, ²⁷and they were all amazed, so as to reason among themselves, saying, ‘What is this? what new teaching is this? that with authority also the unclean spirits he commandeth, and they obey him!’ ²⁸And the fame of him went forth immediately to all the region, round about, of Galilee.

²⁹And immediately, having come forth out of the synagogue, they went to the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John, ³⁰and the mother-in-law of Simon was lying fevered, and immediately they tell him about her, ³¹and having come near, he raised her up, having laid hold of her hand, and the fever left her immediately, and she was ministering to them. ³²And evening having come, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all who were ill, and who were demoniacs, ³³and the whole city was gathered together near the door, ³⁴and he healed many who were ill of manifold diseases, and many demons he cast forth, and was not suffering the demons to speak, because they knew him. ³⁵And very early, it being yet night, having risen, he went forth, and went away to a desert place, and was there praying; ³⁶and Simon and those with him went in quest of him, ³⁷and having found him, they say to him,—‘All do seek thee;’ ³⁸and he saith to them, ‘We may go to the next towns, that there also I may preach, for for this I came forth.’ ³⁹And he was preaching in their synagogues, in all Galilee, and is casting out the demons.

⁴⁰And there doth come to him a leper, calling on him, and kneeling to him, and saying to him—‘If thou mayest will, thou art able to cleanse me.’ ⁴¹And Jesus having been moved with compassion, having stretched forth the hand, touched him, and saith to him, ‘I will; be thou cleansed;’ ⁴²and he having spoken, immediately the leprosy went away from him, and he was cleansed. ⁴³And having sternly charged him, immediately he put him forth, ⁴⁴and saith to him, ‘See thou mayest say nothing to any one, but go away, thyself shew to the priest, and bring near for thy cleansing the things Moses directed, for a testimony to them.’ ⁴⁵And he, having gone forth, began to proclaim much, and to spread abroad the thing, so that no more he was able openly to enter into the city, but he was without in desert places, and they were coming unto him from every quarter.

Chapter 2