Mark 1:40-45

40Then a man with leprosy came to him and, on his knees, begged him, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”

41Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched him. “I am willing,” he told him. “Be made clean.”

42Immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean.

43Then he sternly warned him and sent him away at once,

44telling him, “See that you say nothing to anyone; but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer what Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”

45Yet he went out and began to proclaim it widely and to spread the news, with the result that Jesus could no longer enter a town openly. But he was out in deserted places, and they came to him from everywhere.