Mark 1:43-45 - See that you don't tell anyone

1:43,44

Jesus sent the man away, and told him not to tell anyone. The man had a choice of whether or not to obey Jesus, it seems that the demons did not. The man had also to go to the priests and to present the sacrifices that the Law required. Jesus was not rebelling against the Law, but fulfilling it (Matt 5:17-20). A lot of the religious teaching about the Law was man’s interpretation, rather than God’s intention.

1:45

The man did not obey Jesus, but freely told everyone he could about what had happened. It also seems that he did not present himself to the priests. Jesus therefore had to restrict Himself to lonely places, but even that did not stop people coming to Him. Jesus healed and freed people out of compassion and as a demonstration of who He was and the message of the gospel. Realising who He was and understanding the message of the gospel were what Jesus wanted people to grasp above all else.