^{40 Ref} And a leper came to him and, going down on his knees before him, made a request, saying, If it is your pleasure, you have the power to make me clean.

^{41 Ref} And being moved with pity, he put out his hand, and touching him said to him, It is my pleasure; be made clean.

^{42 Ref} And straight away the disease went from him, and he was made clean.

^{43 Ref} And he sent him away, saying to him very sharply,

^{44 Ref} See that you say nothing to any man: but go and let the priest see you, and make yourself clean by an offering of the things ordered by Moses, for a witness to them.

^{45 Ref} But he went out, and made it public, giving an account of it everywhere, so that Jesus was no longer able to go openly into a town, but was outside in the waste land; and they came to him from every part.