Mark 1:35-44 (Gospel)
- 35
- Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.
- 36
- And Simon and those who were with Him searched for Him.
- 37
- When they found Him, they said to Him, “Everyone is looking for You.”
- 38
- But He said to them, “Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because for this purpose I have come forth.”
- 39
- And He was preaching in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and casting out demons.
- 40
- Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.”
- 41
- Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”
- 42
- As soon as He had spoken, immediately the leprosy left him, and he was cleansed.
- 43
- And He strictly warned him and sent him away at once,
- 44
- and said to him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go your way, show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing those things which Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.”