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.

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