John the Baptist Prepares the Way

This is the Good News about Jesus the Messiah, the Son of God.[a] It began just as the prophet Isaiah had written:

“Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,
    and he will prepare your way.[b]
He is a voice shouting in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord’s coming!
    Clear the road for him!’[c]

This messenger was John the Baptist. He was in the wilderness and preached that people should be baptized to show that they had repented of their sins and turned to God to be forgiven. All of Judea, including all the people of Jerusalem, went out to see and hear John. And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River. His clothes were woven from coarse camel hair, and he wore a leather belt around his waist. For food he ate locusts and wild honey.

John announced: “Someone is coming soon who is greater than I am—so much greater that I’m not even worthy to stoop down like a slave and untie the straps of his sandals. I baptize you with[d] water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit!”

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Notas al pie

  1. 1:1 Some manuscripts do not include the Son of God.
  2. 1:2 Mal 3:1.
  3. 1:3 Isa 40:3 (Greek version).
  4. 1:8 Or in; also in 1:8b.

John the Baptist Prepares the Way for Jesus(A)

This is[a] the beginning of the gospel of Jesus the Messiah,[b] the Son of God.[c] As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,

“See! I am sending my messenger ahead of you,
    who will prepare your way.[d]
He is a voice calling out in the wilderness:
    ‘Prepare the way for the Lord![e]
        Make his paths straight!’”[f]

John was baptizing in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism about repentance for the forgiveness of sins. People from[g] the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were flocking to him, being baptized by him while they confessed their sins. Now John was dressed in camel’s hair with[h] a leather belt around his waist. He ate grasshoppers[i] and wild honey. He kept proclaiming, “The one who is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not worthy to bend down and untie his sandal straps. I baptized you with[j] water, but it is he who will baptize you with[k] the Holy Spirit.”

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Notas al pie

  1. Mark 1:1 The Gk. lacks This is
  2. Mark 1:1 Or Christ
  3. Mark 1:1 Other mss. lack the Son of God
  4. Mark 1:2 Cf. Mal 3:1
  5. Mark 1:3 MT source citation reads Lord
  6. Mark 1:3 Cf. Isa 40:3
  7. Mark 1:5 The Gk. lacks People from
  8. Mark 1:6 Lit. and
  9. Mark 1:6 Or locust-shaped carob seed pods
  10. Mark 1:8 Or in
  11. Mark 1:8 Or in