Lexham English Bible

Mark 1:38-44 Lexham English Bible (LEB)

38. And he said to them, “Let us go elsewhere, into the neighboring rural towns, so that I can preach there also, because I have come out for this very reason.”

39. And he went into all Galilee preaching in their synagogues and expelling demons.

40. And a leper came to him, entreating him and kneeling down, saying to him, “If you are willing, you are able to make me clean.”

41. And becoming angry, he stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be made clean.”

42. And immediately the leprosy went away from him and he was made clean.

43. And warning him sternly, he sent him away at once.

44. And he said to him, “See to it that you say nothing to anyone, but go, show yourself to the priest and bring for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.