Moffatt(i)
40 A leper came to him beseeching him on bended knee, saying, "If you only choose, you can cleanse me;"
41 so he stretched his hand out in pity and touched him saying, "I do choose, be cleansed."
42 And the leprosy at once left him and he was cleansed.
43 Then he sent him off at once with the stern charge,
44 "See, you are not to say a word to anybody; away and show yourself to the priest and offer what Moses prescribed for your cleansing, to notify men."
45 But he went off and proceeded to proclaim it aloud and spread news of the affair both far and wide. The result was that Jesus could no longer enter any town openly; he stayed outside in lonely places, and people came to him from every quarter.