1:35 Then 6 Jesus 7 got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a deserted place, and there he spent time in prayer. 8 1:36 Simon and his companions searched for him. 1:37 When they found him, they said, “Everyone is looking for you.” 1:38 He replied, 9 “Let us go elsewhere, into the surrounding villages, so that I can preach there too. For that is what I came out here to do.” 10 1:39 So 11 he went into all of Galilee preaching in their synagogues 12 and casting out demons.
1:40 Now 13 a leper 14 came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. “If 15 you are willing, you can make me clean,” he said. 1:41 Moved with compassion, 16 Jesus 17 stretched out his hand and touched 18 him, saying, “I am willing. Be clean!” 1:42 The leprosy left him at once, and he was clean. 1:43 Immediately Jesus 19 sent the man 20 away with a very strong warning. 1:44 He told him, 21 “See that you do not say anything to anyone, 22 but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded 23 for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” 24 1:45 But as the man 25 went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus 26 was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still 27 they kept coming 28 to him from everywhere.