New American Standard Bible 1995

Mark 1:2-8

2 1As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “2Behold, I send My messenger 3ahead of You, Who will prepare Your way;3 4The 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 5 6preaching a baptism of repentance for the 7forgiveness 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 8a leather belt around his waist, and 9his diet was locusts and wild honey. 7And he was 10preaching, 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 11with water; but He will baptize you 12with the Holy Spirit.”

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1. Mark 1:2 Mark 1:2-8: Matt 3:1-11; Luke 3:2-16 ↩
2. Mark 1:2 Mal 3:1; Matt 11:10; Luke 7:27 ↩
3. Mark 1:2 Lit before your face ↩
4. Mark 1:3 Is 40:3; Matt 3:3; Luke 3:4; John 1:23 ↩
5. Mark 1:4 Or proclaiming ↩
6. Mark 1:4 Acts 13:24 ↩
7. Mark 1:4 Luke 1:77 ↩
8. Mark 1:6 2 Kin 1:8 ↩
9. Mark 1:6 Lit he was eating ↩
10. Mark 1:7 Or proclaiming ↩
11. Mark 1:8 The Gr here can be translated in, with or by ↩
12. Mark 1:8 The Gr here can be translated in, with or by ↩

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