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Mark 1:1-8

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

1 The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God,

2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way,

2 as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “I will send my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way” —

3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight, ’”

3 “a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.’ ”

4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

4 And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

5 And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

6 Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.

6 John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

7 And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

7 And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit. ”

8 I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”