Mark 1:1–11

¹Beginning of the glad tidings of Jesus Christ, Son of God; ²as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way. ³Voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. ⁴There came John baptising in the wilderness, and preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins. ⁵And there went out to him all the district of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem, and were baptised by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁶And John was clothed in camel’s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey. ⁷And he preached, saying, There comes he that is mightier than I after me, the thong of whose sandals I am not fit to stoop down and unloose. ⁸I indeed have baptised you with water, but he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit.

⁹And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptised by John at the Jordan. ¹⁰And straightway going up from the water, he saw the heavens parting asunder, and the Spirit, as a dove, descending upon him. ¹¹And there came a voice out of the heavens: Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I have found my delight.