Mark 1:32-45

That night, after the sun went down, the people brought to Jesus all who were sick. They also brought those who had demons in them. The whole town gathered at the door of the house. Jesus healed many who had different kinds of sicknesses. He also forced many demons to leave people. But he would not allow the demons to speak, because they knew who he was. Early the next morning, Jesus woke and left the house while it was still dark. He went to a place to be alone and pray. Later, Simon and his friends went to look for Jesus. They found him and said, “Everyone is looking for you!” Jesus answered, “We should go somewhere else, to other towns around here. Then I can preach there too. That is the reason I came.” So he traveled everywhere in Galilee. He preached in the synagogues and forced demons to leave people. A man who had a harmful skin disease came to Jesus. The man fell to his knees and begged Jesus, “I know that you can heal me if you will.” Jesus felt sorry for the man. So he touched him and said, “I want to heal you. Be healed!” At once the disease left the man, and he was healed. Jesus told the man to go at once. But Jesus warned him strongly, “Don’t tell anyone about what I did for you. But go and show yourself to the priest. And offer a gift to God because you have been healed. Offer the gift that Moses commanded. This will show the people that you are healed.” The man left there, but he told everyone he saw that Jesus had healed him. So the news about Jesus spread. That is the reason Jesus could not enter a town if people saw him. He stayed in places where nobody lived. But people came from all the towns to wherever he was.