(A)As it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

(B)Behold, I send My messenger [a]ahead of You,
Who will prepare Your way;
(C)The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Make ready the way of the Lord,
Make His paths straight.’”

John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness [b](D)preaching a baptism of repentance for the (E)forgiveness of sins. And 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. John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore (F)a leather belt around his waist, and [c]his diet was locusts and wild honey. And he was [d]preaching, 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. I baptized you [e]with water; but He will baptize you [f]with the Holy Spirit.”

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:2 Lit before your face
  2. Mark 1:4 Or proclaiming
  3. Mark 1:6 Lit he was eating
  4. Mark 1:7 Or proclaiming
  5. Mark 1:8 The Gr here can be translated in, with or by
  6. Mark 1:8 The Gr here can be translated in, with or by

as it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

“I will send my messenger ahead of you,
    who will prepare your way”[a](A)
“a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.’”[b](B)

And so John the Baptist(C) appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance(D) for the forgiveness of sins.(E) 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. John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist,(F) and he ate locusts(G) and wild honey. 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.(H) I baptize you with[c] water, but he will baptize you with[d] the Holy Spirit.”(I)

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:2 Mal. 3:1
  2. Mark 1:3 Isaiah 40:3
  3. Mark 1:8 Or in
  4. Mark 1:8 Or in