Mark 1:40–45 · BSB
1:40
Then a leper came to Jesus, begging on his knees: “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”
1:41
Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out His hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” He said. “Be clean!”
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1:42
And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed.
1:43
Jesus promptly sent him away with a stern warning:
1:44
“See that you don’t tell anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and present the offering Moses prescribed for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
1:45
But the man went out and openly began to proclaim and spread the news. Consequently, Jesus could no longer enter a town in plain view, but He stayed out in solitary places. Yet people came to Him from every quarter.
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