SCRIPTURE
Mark 1:1-8
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- 1:1
This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
- 1:2
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”
- 1:3
“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
- 1:4
John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
- 1:5
People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
- 1:6
John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
- 1:7
And he began to proclaim: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
- 1:8
I baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”