Mark 1:38-40

Contemporary English Version

³⁸ Jesus replied, “We must go to the nearby towns, so that I can tell the good news to those people. This is why I have come.” ^39 (A) Then Jesus went to their synagogues everywhere in Galilee, where he preached and forced out demons.

Jesus Heals a Man

(Matthew 8.1-4; Luke 5.12-16)

⁴⁰ A man with leprosy^[a] came to Jesus and knelt down.^[b] He begged, “You have the power to make me well, if only you wanted to.”