Cleansing of a Leper
A leper kneels before Jesus and says "If you are willing, you can make me clean." Jesus touches him and heals him instantly, instructing him to show himself to the priest.
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Mark records that Jesus was "moved with compassion" (some manuscripts read "moved with anger," a famously debated textual variant). Mark also notes that the healed man disobeyed Jesus's command to keep silent, spreading the news so widely that Jesus could no longer enter towns openly.
Places the healing immediately after the Sermon on the Mount as the first miracle in a series.
Most detailed: includes Jesus's emotional response and the man's disobedience in publicizing the healing.
Notes the man was "full of leprosy" (a physician's detail) and that Jesus withdrew to desolate places to pray.
The bulk of Jesus's public work centered in Galilee: calling of the Twelve, the Sermon on the Mount, parables, miracles, and growing opposition.
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