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Mark
John the Baptist Prepares the Way
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The be­g in­n ing 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 ap­peared in the wil­
der­ness, preach­i ng a bap­t ism of re­pen­t ance
for the for­g ive­ness of sins. 5  The ­w hole Ju­de­
an coun­t ry­side and all the peo­ple of Je­r u­sa­
lem went out to him. Con­fess­i ng ­t heir sins,
they were bap­t ized by him in the Jor­dan Riv­
er. 6  John wore cloth­i ng made of cam­el’s hair,
with a leath­er belt ­a round his ­w aist, and he
ate lo­c usts and wild hon­ey. 7  And this was his
mes­sage: “Af­ter me ­comes the one more pow­
er­f 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
Gal­i ­lee and was bap­t ized by John in the Jor­
dan. 10  Just as ­Jesus was com­i ng up out of the
wa­ter, he saw heav­en be­i ng torn open and the
Spir­it de­scend­i ng 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 wil­der­ness for­
ty days, be­i ng tempt­ed  f by Sa­tan. He was with
the wild an­i ­mals, and an­gels at­tend­ed him.
Jesus Announces the Good News
14  Af­t er John was put in pris­on, ­Jesus went
into Gal­i ­lee, pro­c laim­i ng the good news of
God. 15  “The time has come,” he said. “The
king­dom of God has come near. Re­pent and
be­l ieve 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 cast­i ng
a net into the lake, for they were fish­er­men.
17  “Come, fol­low me,” ­Jesus said, “and I will
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send you out to fish for peo­ple.” 18  At once they
left ­t heir nets and fol­lowed him.
19  When he had gone a lit­t le far­t her, he saw
James son of Zeb­e­dee and his broth­er John in a
boat, pre­par­i ng ­t heir nets. 20  With­out de­lay he
called them, and they left ­t heir fa­t her Zeb­e­dee
in the boat with the ­h ired men and fol­lowed
him.
Jesus Drives Out an Impure Spirit
21  They
went to Ca­per­na­u m, and when the
Sab­bath came, ­Jesus went into the syn­a­gogue
and be­gan to ­teach. 22  The peo­ple were ­a mazed
at his teach­i ng, be­cause 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 — ​t he Holy One of God!”
25  “Be qui­et!” said ­Jesus stern­ly. “Come out of
him!” 26  The im­pure spir­it ­shook the man vi­o­
lent­ly 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 teach­
ing — ​a nd with au­t hor­i­t y! He even ­g ives or­ders
to im­pure spir­its and they obey him.” 28  News
about him ­spread quick­ly over the ­w hole re­
gion of Gal­i ­lee.
Jesus Heals Many
29  As
soon as they left the syn­a­gogue, they
went with ­James and John to the home of Si­
mon and An­d rew. 30  Si­mon’s moth­er-in-law
was in bed with a fe­ver, and they im­me­d i­ate­ly
told ­Jesus ­about her. 31  So he went to her, took
her hand and ­helped her up. The fe­ver left her
and she be­gan to wait on them.
32  That eve­n ing af­t er sun­s et the peo­p le
brought to ­Jesus all the sick and de­mon-pos­
sessed. 33  The ­whole town gath­ered at the door,
34  and ­Jesus ­healed many who had var­i­ous dis­
eas­es. He also ­d rove out many de­mons, but he
would not let the de­mons ­speak be­cause they
knew who he was.
Jesus Prays in a Solitary Place
35  Very ear­ly in the morn­i ng, ­while it was ­still
dark, ­Jesus got up, left the ­house and went off
to a sol­i­t ary ­place, ­where he ­prayed. 36 ­ Si­mon
Or Jesus Christ. Messiah (Hebrew) and Christ (Greek) both mean Anointed One.    b  1  Some manuscripts do not have
f  13  The Greek for tempted can also mean tested.   
the Son of God.    c  2  Mal. 3:1    d  3  Isaiah 40:3    e  8  Or in