39. So Jesus traveled everywhere in Galilee. He spoke in the synagogues, and he forced demons out of people.
40. A man who had leprosy came to Jesus. The man bowed on his knees and begged him, “You have the power to heal me if you want.”
41. These last words made Jesus angry. But he touched him and said, “I want to heal you. Be healed!”
42. Immediately the leprosy disappeared, and the man was healed.
43. Jesus told the man to go, but he gave him a strong warning:
44. “Don’t tell anyone about what I did for you. But go and let the priest look at you. And offer a gift to God because you have been healed. Offer the gift that Moses commanded. This will show everyone that you are healed.”
45. The man left there and told everyone he saw that Jesus had healed him. So the news about Jesus spread. And that is why he could not enter a town if people saw him. He stayed in places where people did not live. But people came from all the towns to the places where he was.