New American Standard Bible 1995

Mark 1:1-14

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

2 2As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “3Behold, I send My messenger 4ahead of You, Who will prepare Your way;3 5The voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make ready the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight.’” 4John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness 6 7preaching a baptism of repentance for the 8forgiveness of sins. 5And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. 6John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore 9a leather belt around his waist, and 10his diet was locusts and wild honey. 7And he was 11preaching, and saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the thong of His sandals. 8I baptized you 12with water; but He will baptize you 13with the Holy Spirit.”

9 14In those days Jesus 15came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10Immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens 16opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him; 11and a voice came out of the heavens: “17You are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.”

12 18Immediately the Spirit impelled Him to go out into the wilderness. 13And He was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by 19Satan; and He was with the wild beasts, and the angels were ministering to Him.

14 20Now after John had been 21taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, 22 23preaching the gospel of God,

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Notes

1. Mark 1:1 Matt 4:3 ↩
2. Mark 1:2 Mark 1:2-8: Matt 3:1-11; Luke 3:2-16 ↩
3. Mark 1:2 Mal 3:1; Matt 11:10; Luke 7:27 ↩
4. Mark 1:2 Lit before your face ↩
5. Mark 1:3 Is 40:3; Matt 3:3; Luke 3:4; John 1:23 ↩
6. Mark 1:4 Or proclaiming ↩
7. Mark 1:4 Acts 13:24 ↩
8. Mark 1:4 Luke 1:77 ↩
9. Mark 1:6 2 Kin 1:8 ↩
10. Mark 1:6 Lit he was eating ↩
11. Mark 1:7 Or proclaiming ↩
12. Mark 1:8 The Gr here can be translated in, with or by ↩
13. Mark 1:8 The Gr here can be translated in, with or by ↩
14. Mark 1:9 Mark 1:9-11: Matt 3:13-17; Luke 3:21, 22 ↩
15. Mark 1:9 Matt 2:23; Luke 2:51 ↩
16. Mark 1:10 Or being parted ↩
17. Mark 1:11 Ps 2:7; Is 42:1; Matt 3:17; 12:18; Mark 9:7; Luke 3:22 ↩
18. Mark 1:12 Mark 1:12, 13: Matt 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13 ↩
19. Mark 1:13 Matt 4:10 ↩
20. Mark 1:14 Matt 4:12 ↩
21. Mark 1:14 Lit delivered up ↩
22. Mark 1:14 Or proclaiming ↩
23. Mark 1:14 Matt 4:23 ↩

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