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Mark 1:40-45

^40\\xa0A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, \\u201cIf you are willing, you can make me clean.\\u201d\\xa0

^41\\xa0Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. \\u201cI am willing,\\u201d he said. \\u201cBe clean!\\u201d ^42\\xa0Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed.\\xa0

^43\\xa0Jesus sent him away at once with a strong warning: ^44\\xa0\\u201cSee that you don\\u2019t tell this to anyone. But go, show yourself to the priest and offer the sacrifices that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.\\u201d ^45\\xa0Instead he went out and began to talk freely, spreading the news. As a result, Jesus could no longer enter a town openly but stayed outside in lonely places. Yet the people still came to him from everywhere.\\xa0

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\\xa0The New International Version (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2011), Mk 1:40\\u201345.

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