Often when Jesus would do a miracle he would tell the person, "Don't tell anyone." This is the case in Mark 1:40-45 after Jesus heals a leper. Why doesn't he want anyone to know? The People's Bible for Mark by Harold Wicke has a helpful answer:
"The reason that Christ did not want the leper to tell others about the miracle becomes clear from what happened when he disobeyed . . . the result was that Jesus now had to avoid the towns, for the moment he would enter, crowds would gather--not to hear his words but to be cured of their afflictions. Thus, what the man did interfered with Jesus' ministry of the Word."
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