Jesus Cleanses a Man with Leprosy

40 Then a leper came up and [fn]knelt before him, begging him, “If yoʋ are willing, yoʋ can make me clean.” 41 [fn]Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out his hand, touched the man, and said to him, “I am willing; be made clean.” 42 [fn]When he said this, the leprosy immediately departed from the man, and he was made clean. 43 Then Jesus sternly warned him and immediately sent him away, 44 saying to him, “Be sure not to say anything to anyone, but go show yoʋrself to the priest and offer for yoʋr cleansing what Moses commanded, as a testimony to them.” 45 But the man went out and began to proclaim it widely and to spread the news, so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places. Yet people were coming to him from everywhere.