And immediately the leprosy left him, and the man was cleansed.When he had said this, immediately the leprosy departed from him and he was made clean.And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.And straightway the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.
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… If you will, you can make me clean. Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, I will be clean. And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. and Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once and said to him see that you say nothing to anyone but go show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded for a proof to them but he went out and began to talk freely about it and to spread the news so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town but was out in desolate places and people were coming to him from every quarter. And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered there so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. And they came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him. …
… stay isolated. I'm going to bring you in. The next stage is the cure. And for the leper, this is the best part. Verse 42, as soon as he had spoken, so he reaches out, touches him, and says, I am willing, be cleansed. As soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed. Now you'll notice that Mark uses his favorite word here, and that's the word immediately. And I just want you to notice this. Go back to more of the beginning of chapter one, just so you understand this. I just want you to recognize verse nine. It came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John of the Jordan and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parted. Verse 12, immediately the Spirit drove him into the wilderness. Verse 17, Jesus says to his men, follow me and I'll make you fishers of men. Verse 18, then they immediately left their nets and followed him. He sees the next two guys, the sons of Zebedee. Verse 20, and immediately he called them and they left their father. …
… if you will, you can make me clean. Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, I will be clean. And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. and Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once and said to him, see that you say nothing to anyone but go show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing what Moses commanded for a proof to them. But he went out and began to talk freely about it and to spread the news so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town but was out in desolate places and people were coming to him from every quarter. And when he returned to Capernaum after some days, it was reported that he was at home. And many were gathered there so that there was no more room, not even at the door. And he was preaching the word to them. And they came bringing to him a paralytic carried by four men. And when they could not get near him because of the crowd, they removed the roof above him. …
… him, if you will, you can make me clean. Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, I will be clean. And immediately the leprosy left him, and he was made clean. And Jesus sternly charged him and sent him away at once and said to him, see that you say nothing to anyone but go show yourself to the priest and offer for your cleansing when Moses commanded for a proof to them. But he went out and began to talk freely about it and to spread the news so that Jesus could no longer openly enter a town, but was out in desolate places. People were coming to him from every quarter. Let's pray. Father in heaven, we ask for your help now, not only in coming to the hearing and the preaching of your word, but we do pray for our community here in Matthews, the Charlotte area, and the millions of people here in the southeast and up the east coast facing this winter storm. We pray for your protection. We can often take for granted how relatively easy our lives are most of the time, how smoothly things go, getting where we want, what we need in relative comfort. We pray that you would provide for us, especially those who may be older or ill or in difficult circumstances, we pray that you would spread your wings and you would give us all that we stand in need of. And help us now that we may, in whatever situation …