35 Early the next morning, Jesus woke and left the house while it was still dark. He went to a place to be alone and pray.
36 Later, Simon and his friends went to look for Jesus.
37 They found him and said, “Everyone is looking for you!”
38 Jesus answered, “We should go somewhere else, to other towns around here. Then I can preach there too. That is the reason I came.”
39 So he traveled everywhere in Galilee. He preached in the synagogues and forced demons to leave people.
40 A man who had a harmful skin disease came to Jesus. The man fell to his knees and begged Jesus, “I know that you can heal me if you will.”
41 Jesus felt sorry for the man. So he touched him and said, “I want to heal you. Be healed!”