1:40 Now 5 a leper 6 came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. “If 7 you are willing, you can make me clean,” he said. 1:41 Moved with compassion, 8 Jesus 9 stretched out his hand and touched 10 him, saying, “I am willing. Be clean!” 1:42 The leprosy left him at once, and he was clean. 1:43 Immediately Jesus 11 sent the man 12 away with a very strong warning. 1:44 He told him, 13 “See that you do not say anything to anyone, 14 but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded 15 for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.” 16 1:45 But as the man 17 went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus 18 was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still 19 they kept coming 20 to him from everywhere.