Berean Standard Bible

Mark 1:1-14

1This is the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.1 2As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:2

“Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You,who will prepare Your way.”33“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,‘Prepare the way for the Lord,make straight paths for Him.’”4

4John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

6John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. 7And he proclaimed: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8I baptize you with water,5 but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.6”

9In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw7 the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove. 11And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

12At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness, 13and He was there for forty days, being tempted by Satan. He was with the wild animals, and the angels ministered to Him.

14After the arrest of John, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.8

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Notes

1. Mark 1:1 ECM, NE, BYZ, and TR; SBL and WH the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ. ↩
2. Mark 1:2 BYZ and TR in the prophets: ↩
3. Mark 1:2 Malachi 3:1 ↩
4. Mark 1:3 Isaiah 40:3 (see also LXX) ↩
5. Mark 1:8 Or in water ↩
6. Mark 1:8 Or in the Holy Spirit ↩
7. Mark 1:10 Or he saw; see John 1:32–33 ↩
8. Mark 1:14 BYZ and TR the gospel of the kingdom of God ↩

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