New American Standard Bible 2020

Mark 1:1-8

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

2 2just as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “3Behold, I am sending My messenger 4before You, Who will prepare Your way;3 5The voice of one calling 6out in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, Make His paths straight!’” 4John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, 7 8preaching a baptism of repentance for the 9forgiveness 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 10a leather belt around his waist, and 11his diet was locusts and wild honey. 7And he was 12preaching, saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to bend down and untie the straps of His sandals. 8I baptized you 13with water; but He will baptize you 14with the Holy Spirit.”

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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 1:3 Or out, Prepare in the wilderness the way ↩
7. Mark 1:4 Or proclaiming ↩
8. Mark 1:4 Acts 13:24 ↩
9. Mark 1:4 Luke 1:77 ↩
10. Mark 1:6 2 Kin 1:8 ↩
11. Mark 1:6 Lit was eating ↩
12. Mark 1:7 Or proclaiming ↩
13. Mark 1:8 The Gr here can be translated in, with, or by ↩
14. Mark 1:8 The Gr here can be translated in, with, or by ↩

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