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MARK 1
made out of cam­el’s hair. He had a leath­
er belt ­around his ­waist. And he ate lo­
custs and wild hon­ey. 7  Here is what
John was preach­ing. “Af­ter me, t ­ here is
some­one com­ing who is more pow­er­ful
than I am. I’m not good ­enough to bend
down and un­tie his san­dals. 8  I bap­tize
you with wa­ter. But he will bap­tize you
with the Holy Spir­it.”
JESUS IS BAPTIZED AND TEMPTED
9  At that time ­
Jesus came from Naz­
a­reth in Gal­i l ­ ee. John bap­tized ­Jesus in
the Jor­dan Riv­er. 10  ­Jesus was com­ing up
out of the wa­ter. Just then he saw heav­en
be­
ing torn open. J ­ esus saw the Holy
Spir­it com­ing down on him like a dove.
11  A ­voice ­spoke to him from heav­en. It
said, “You are my Son, and I love you. I
am very ­pleased with you.”
12  At once the Holy Spir­
it sent ­Jesus
out into the des­ert. 13  He was in the des­
ert 40 days. ­There Sa­tan tempt­ed him.
The wild an­i­mals ­didn’t harm ­Jesus. An­
gels took care of him.
JESUS PREACHES THE GOOD
NEWS
14  Af­ter John was put in pris­on, ­Jesus
went into Gal­i­lee. He ­preached the good
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news of God. 15  “The time has come,” he
said. “The king­dom of God has come
near. Turn away from your sins and be­
lieve the good news!”
JESUS CHOOSES HIS FIRST
DISCIPLES
16  One day ­Jesus was walk­ing be­side
the Sea of Gal­i­lee. ­There he saw Si­mon
and his broth­
er An­
drew. They were
throw­ing a net into the lake. They were
low me,”
fish­er­men. 17  “Come and fol­
Jesus said. “I will send you out to fish
for peo­ple.” 18  At once they left ­their nets
and fol­lowed him.
19  Then ­
Jesus ­walked a lit­tle far­ther.
As he did, he saw ­James, the son of Zeb­
e­dee, and his broth­er John. They were
in a boat pre­par­ing ­their nets. 20  ­Right
away he c ­ alled out to them. They left
their fa­ther Zeb­e­dee in the boat with the
hired men. Then they fol­lowed J ­ esus.
JESUS DRIVES OUT AN EVIL
SPIRIT
21  ­
Jesus and t ­ hose with him went to
Ca­per­na­um. When the Sab­bath day
came, he went into the syn­
a­
gogue.
There he be­gan to t ­ each. 22  The peo­
ple were ­amazed at his teach­ing. T
­ hat’s
WHY DID JOHN THE BAPTIST LIVE
IN THE DESERT?
John the Baptist was a prophet, and God had given him the important job
of preparing the way for J ­ esus. John wanted to preach away from where p ­ eople were living.
That way, they would have to go out to see him and hear his message. Living in the desert also
kept him from having a lot of arguments with the leaders in Jerusalem. They did not like his
message very much. John was also showing that a person’s friendship with God is much more
important than having a
nice comfortable place
to stay.
  Mark 1:4
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