Mark 1:39-45

Christian Standard Bible

A Man Cleansed

³⁹ He went into all of Galilee,^(A) preaching in their synagogues^(B) and driving out demons. ⁴⁰ Then^(C) a man with leprosy^[a](D) came to him and, on his knees,^[b](E) begged him, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”^{(F) 41} Moved with compassion,^[c](G) Jesus reached out his hand and touched^(H) him. “I am willing,” he told him. “Be made clean.” ⁴² Immediately the leprosy^(I) left him, and he was made clean. ⁴³ Then he sternly warned^(J) him and sent him away^(K) at once, ⁴⁴ telling him, “See that you say nothing to anyone;^(L) but go and show^(M) yourself to the priest,^(N) and offer^(O) what Moses commanded for your cleansing,^(P) as a testimony^(Q) to them.”^{[d] 45} Yet he went out and began to proclaim^(R) it widely and to spread the news,^(S) with the result that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly. But he was out in deserted places, and they came to him from everywhere.