# 17 The Book of Mark - Father Knows Best
Mark 1:42-45 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away. And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man; but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter. It is always best to obey Jesus. The healed leper didn't. He could have said, "I just couldn't help myself." There are varied thoughts as to why Jesus told the leper to not tell and follow the then prescribed law "which Moses commanded." But my guess is that it wasn't the time "to blaze abroad the matter." But as dread a disease - socially, personally, and physically - as leprosy...