1129 / Mark 1:30
JOHN THE BAPTIST PREPARES THE WAY
1
The
be gin ning of the good news
about Jesus the Messiah,
a
the Son of
God, b 2 as it is writ ten in Isa iah the
prophet:
“I will send my messenger ahead of
you,
who will prepare your way” c —
3 “a voice of one calling in the
wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.’ ” d
4 And so John the Bap tist ap peared in
the wil der ness, preach ing a bap tism of
re pen tance for the for give ness of sins.
5 The whole Ju de an coun try side and all
the peo ple of Je ru sa lem went out to him.
Confessing their sins, they were baptized
by him in the Jor dan Riv er. 6 John wore
cloth ing made of cam el’s hair, with a
leath er belt around his waist, and he ate
locusts and wild honey. 7 And this was his
mes sage: “Af ter me comes the one more
pow er ful than I, the straps of whose sandals
I am not wor thy to stoop down and
untie. 8 I bap tize you with e wa ter, but he
will bap tize you with e the Holy Spir it.”
THE BAPTISM AND TESTING OF JESUS
9 At that time Jesus came from Naz a-
reth in Gal i lee and was bap tized by John
in the Jordan. 10 Just as Jesus was coming
up out of the wa ter, he saw heav en be ing
torn open and the Spir it de scend ing on
him like a dove. 11 And a voice came from
heav en: “You are my Son, whom I love;
with you I am well pleased.”
12 At once the Spir it sent him out into
the wil der ness, 13 and he was in the wilderness
forty days, being tempted
f
by Satan.
He was with the wild an i mals, and
angels attended him.
JESUS ANNOUNCES THE GOOD NEWS
14 Af ter John was put in pris on, Jesus
went into Gal i lee, pro claim ing the good
news of God. 15 “The time has come,” he
said. “The king dom of God has come
near. Re pent and be lieve the good news!”
JESUS CALLS HIS FIRST DISCIPLES
16 As Jesus walked be side the Sea of
Gal i lee, he saw Si mon and his broth er
An drew cast ing a net into the lake, for
they were fishermen. 17 “Come, fol low me,”
Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish
for people.” 18 At once they left their nets
and fol lowed him.
19 When he had gone a lit tle far ther, he
saw James son of Zeb e dee and his brother
John in a boat, pre par ing their nets.
20 With out de lay he called them, and they
left their fa ther Zeb e dee in the boat with
the hired men and fol lowed him.
“Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and
I will send you out to fish for people.”
MARK 1:17
JESUS DRIVES OUT AN IMPURE SPIRIT
21 They went to Capernaum, and when
the Sab bath came, Jesus went into the
synagogue and began to teach. 22 The people
were amazed at his teach ing, be cause
he taught them as one who had au thori
ty, not as the teach ers of the law. 23 Just
then a man in their syn a gogue who was
pos sessed by an im pure spir it cried out,
24 “What do you want with us, Jesus of
Naz a reth? Have you come to de stroy us? I
know who you are — the Holy One of God!”
25 “Be qui et!” said Jesus stern ly. “Come
out of him!” 26 The im pure spir it shook
the man vi o lent ly and came out of him
with a shriek.
27 The peo ple were all so amazed that
they asked each oth er, “What is this? A
new teach ing — and with au thor i ty! He
even gives or ders to im pure spir its and
they obey him.” 28 News about him spread
quickly over the whole region of Galilee.
JESUS HEALS MANY
29 As soon as they left the syn a gogue,
they went with James and John to the
home of Si mon and An drew. 30 Si mon’s
a
1 Or Jesus Christ. Messiah (Hebrew) and Christ
(Greek) both mean Anointed One.
b
1 Some
manuscripts do not have the Son of God.
c
2 Mal. 3:1
d
3 Isaiah 40:3
e
8 Or in
f
13 The Greek for tempted can also mean tested.