John the Baptist Prepares the Way

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

Jesus Begins His Galilean Ministry

Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came to Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand. Repent, and believe in the gospel.”

For whoever desires to save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for My sake and the gospel’s will save it.

So Jesus answered and said, “Assuredly, I say to you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands, for My sake and the gospel’s,

And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.

Assuredly, I say to you, wherever this gospel is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told as a memorial to her.”

And He said to them, “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.