Mark 1:1-20 ▼

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

2 As has been written in the prophets; Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who will prepare thy way before thee;

3 the voice of one roaring in the wilderness; Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make His paths straight.

4 John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness the baptism of repentance unto the remission of sins.

5 And all the Judean country and the Jerusalemites were going out unto him, and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

6 And John was clothed with camel's hair and a leathern girdle about his loins, and eating locusts and wild honey;

7 And he proclaimed, saying, I indeed baptized you with water; but One cometh after me more powerful than I; the latchet of His sandals I am not worthy, having stooped down, to loose,

8 and He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

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

10 And coming up straightway from the water, He saw the heavens open and the Spirit like a dove descending on Him.

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

12 And immediately the Spirit casts Him out into the wilderness.

13 And he was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels continued to minister unto Him.

14 After that John was cast into prison, Jesus came into Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

15 and saying, That the time is fulfilled: the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe the gospel.

16 And walking by the sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting their net in the sea: for they were fishers.

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

18 And immediately, having left their nets, they followed Him.

19 And going forth thence a little, He saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, themselves also in a ship mending their nets,

20 and immediately He called them. And having left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired hands, they departed after Him.