John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore (A)a leather belt around his waist, and [a]his diet was locusts and wild honey. And he was [b]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 [c]with water; but He will baptize you [d]with the Holy Spirit.”

The Baptism of Jesus

(B)In those days Jesus (C)came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

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Footnotes

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