35. Rising very early before dawn, he left and went off to a deserted place, where he prayed.
36. Simon and those who were with him pursued him
37. and on finding him said, “Everyone is looking for you.”
38. He told them, “Let us go on to the nearby villages that I may preach there also. For this purpose have I come.”
39. So he went into their synagogues, preaching and driving out demons throughout the whole of Galilee.
40. A leper came to him [and kneeling down] begged him and said, “If you wish, you can make me clean.”
41. Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand, touched him, and said to him, “I do will it. Be made clean.”
42. The leprosy left him immediately, and he was made clean.
43. Then, warning him sternly, he dismissed him at once.
44. Then he said to him, “See that you tell no one anything, but go, show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed; that will be proof for them.”