Mark 1:1–11

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

²Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet,

Behold, I send my messenger before thy face,

Who shall prepare thy way;

³The voice of one crying in the wilderness,

Make ye ready the way of the Lord,

Make his paths straight;

⁴John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins. ⁵And there went out unto him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁶And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and had a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey. ⁷And he preached, saying, There cometh after me he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. ⁸I baptized you in water; but he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

⁹And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in the Jordan. ¹⁰And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent asunder, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him: ¹¹and a voice came out of the heavens, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.