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Mark 1:1  /   1148
John the Baptist Prepares
the Way
1
The be­gin­ning of the good news
about ­Jesus the Mes­si­a h,  a the Son
of God,  b 2  as it is writ­ten in Isa­iah
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 Bap­t ist ap­p eared in
the wil­der­ness, preach­i ng a bap­t ism of
re­p en­t ance for the for­g ive­ness of sins.
5  The ­w hole Ju­d e­a n coun­t ry­s ide and all
the peo­ple of Je­r u­sa­lem went out to him.
Con­fess­i ng ­t heir sins, they were bap­
tized by him in the Jor­dan Riv­er. 6  John
wore cloth­ing made of cam­el’s hair, with
a leath­er belt ­a round his ­w aist, and he
ate lo­c usts and wild hon­e y. 7  And this
was his mes­s age: “Af­ter me ­c omes the
one more pow­er­f ul than I, the ­straps of
whose san­dals I am not wor­t hy to ­stoop
down and un­t ie. 8  I bap­t ize you with  e
wa­ter, but he will bap­t ize you with  e the
Holy Spir­it.”
The Baptism and Testing of Jesus
9  At that time ­Jesus came from Naz­a­
reth in Gal­i­lee and was bap­tized by John
in the Jor­dan. 10  Just as ­Jesus was com­ing
up out of the wa­ter, he saw heav­en be­ing
torn open and the Spir­it de­scend­ing on
him like a dove. 11  And a ­voice came from
heav­en: “You are my Son, whom I love;
with you I am well pleased.”
12  At once the Spir­it sent him out into
the wil­der­ness, 13  and he was in the wil­
der­ness for­t y days, be­ing tempt­ed   f by Sa­
tan. He was with the wild an­i­mals, and
an­gels at­tend­ed him.
Jesus Announces the Good News
14  Af­ter John was put in pris­on, ­Jesus
went into Gal­i ­lee, pro­c laim­ing the good
news of God. 15  “The time has come,” he
said. “The king­dom of God has come
near. Re­pent and be­lieve the good news!”
Jesus Calls His First Disciples
16  As ­Jesus ­w alked
be­side the Sea of
Gal­i ­lee, he saw Si­mon and his broth­er
An­d rew cast­ing a net into the lake, for
they were fish­er­men. 17  “Come, fol­low
me,” ­Jesus said, “and I will send you out to
fish for peo­ple.” 18  At once they left ­their
nets and fol­lowed him.
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“Come, follow me,” Jesus said,
“and I will send you out to fish
for people.”
Mark 1:17
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19  When he had gone a lit­t le far­t her, he
saw ­James son of Zeb­e­dee and his broth­
er John in a boat, pre­par­ing ­t heir nets.
20  With­out de­lay he ­called them, and they
left ­their fa­ther Zeb­e­dee in the boat with
the ­hired men and fol­lowed him.
Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit
21  They
went to Ca­per­na­um, and when
the Sab­bath came, ­Jesus went into the
syn­a ­gogue and be­g an to ­teach. 22  The
peo­ple were ­a mazed at his teach­ing, be­
cause he ­taught them as one who had
au­t hor­i­t y, not as the teach­ers of the law.
23  Just then a man in ­t heir syn­a­gogue who
was pos­sessed by an im­pure spir­it ­c ried
out, 24  “What do you want with us, ­Jesus
of Naz­a ­reth? Have you come to de­stroy
us? I know who you are — ​the Holy One
of God!”
25  “Be qui­et!” said ­Jesus stern­ly. “Come
out of him!” 26  The im­pure spir­it ­shook
the man vi­o­lent­ly and came out of him
with a shriek.
27  The peo­ple were all so ­a mazed that
they ­asked each oth­er, “What is this? A
new teach­ing — ​a nd with au­t hor­i­t y! He
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.