1 In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.

² And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.

³ And God said, “Let there be light”; and there was light.

⁴ And God saw the light, that it was good; and God divided the light from the darkness.

⁵ And God called the light Day, and the darkness He called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.

⁴ John baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

⁵ And there went out unto him all the land of Judea and those of Jerusalem; and they were all baptized by him in the River Jordan, confessing their sins.

⁶ And John was clothed with camel’s hair and with a girdle of a skin about his loins, and he ate locusts and wild honey.

⁷ And he preached, saying, “There cometh after me One mightier than I, the strap of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

⁸ I indeed have baptized you with water, but He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.”

⁹ And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

¹⁰ And straightway coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him.

¹¹ And there came a voice from Heaven, saying, “Thou Art My Beloved Son, In Whom I Am Well Pleased.”