Matthew 8:2-4
8:2 And a leper
approached, and bowed low before him, saying,
“Lord, if
you are willing, you can make me clean.”
8:3 He stretched out his hand and touched
him saying, “I am willing. Be clean!” Immediately his leprosy was cleansed.
8:4 Then Jesus said to him, “See that you do not speak to anyone,
but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering
that Moses commanded,
as a testimony to them.”
Mark 1:40-45
Cleansing a Leper
1:40 Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. “If you are willing, you can make me clean,” he said.
1:41 Moved with compassion, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing. Be clean!”
1:42 The leprosy left him at once, and he was clean.
1:43 Immediately Jesus sent the man away with a very strong warning.
1:44 He told him, “See that you do not say anything to anyone, but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”
1:45 But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.