02.13.2021 Gospel Mark Chapter 1

There was a leper who came to Jesus and kneeling down before him, he begged him, "If you wish you can make me clean." Jesus said to him, "I do will it be made clean." And immediately the leprosy left him and he was made clean. And then Jesus sternly warned him and dismissed him. He said to him, "Go and tell no one about what has happened. Show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses prescribed. And that will be proof enough for them."

The man went off and he began to publicize the whole matter. He spread the report abroad so that it was now impossible for Jesus to enter a town openly. So he remained outside in deserted places. And yet the people kept coming to him from every quarter.