Mark 1:1-20 ▼

1 THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

2 as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.

3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

4 John was immersing in the wilderness, and preaching the immersion of repentance in order to the remission of sins.

5 And all the country of Judea and the inhabitants of Jerusalem went out to him, and were all immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and had a girdle of leather around his loins, and he ate locusts and wild honey:

7 and he preached, saying: There comes after me One mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.

8 I immerse you in water; but he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.

9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was immersed by John in the Jordan.

10 And immediately on coming up from the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him.

11 And there was a voice from the heavens: Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I delight.

12 And immediately the Spirit compelled him to go forth into the wilderness.

13 And he was there in the wilderness forty days, to be tempted by Satan; and he was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him.

14 But after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

15 and saying: The time has fully come, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe the gospel.

16 And as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew the brother of Simon, throwing a net about in the sea; for they were fishers.

17 And Jesus said to them: Come after me, and I will make you fishers of men.

18 And immediately they left their nets, and followed him.

19 And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship, mending their nets.

20 And he immediately called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.