Mark 1:1-8 ▼

1 Beginning of the glad tidings of Jesus Christ, 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 Voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of [the] Lord, make his paths straight.

4 There came John baptising in the wilderness, and preaching [the] baptism of repentance for remission of sins.

5 And there went out to him all the district of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem, and were baptised by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

6 And John was clothed in camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey.

7 And he preached, saying, There comes he that is mightier than I after me, the thong of whose sandals I am not fit to stoop down and unloose.

8 I indeed have baptised you with water, but he shall baptise you with [the] Holy Spirit.