Mark 1:39-41

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³⁹ And he went throughout Galilee, proclaiming the message in their synagogues and casting out demons.

Jesus Cleanses a Leper

⁴⁰ A leper^[a] came to him begging him, and kneeling^[b] he said to him, “If you choose, you can make me clean.” ⁴¹ Moved with pity,^[c] Jesus^[d] stretched out his hand and touched him, and said to him, “I do choose. Be made clean!”