Mark 1:1-8 ▼

1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, Son of God.

2 Just as it has been written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way.”

3 “A voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight His paths.’”

4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance unto forgiveness of sins.

5 And all the region of Judea and all those of Jerusalem were going out to him, and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

6 And John was clothed in camel’s hair, and a belt of leather was around his waist, and he is eating locusts and wild honey.

7 And he was proclaiming, saying, “The One mighter than I comes after me, of whom I am not sufficient, having stooped down, to loose the strap of His sandals.

8 I baptized you? in water, but He will baptize you? in the Holy Spirit.”