Mark 1:1–32

The Preaching of John the Baptist

¹The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, ^athe Son of God.

^2aAs it is written in Isaiah the prophet:

“^bBehold, I send My messenger ¹ahead of You,

Who will prepare Your way;

^3aThe voice of one crying in the wilderness,

‘Make ready the way of the ¹Lord,

Make His paths straight.’”

⁴¹John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness ^2apreaching a baptism of repentance for the ^bforgiveness of sins.

⁵And all the region of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

⁶And John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore ^aa leather belt around his waist and was eating locusts and wild honey.

⁷And he was ¹preaching, saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the strap of His sandals.

⁸“I baptized you with water; but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

The Baptism of Jesus

^91aNow it happened that in those days Jesus ^bcame from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

¹⁰And immediately coming up out of the water, He saw the heavens ¹opening, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon Him;

¹¹and a voice came out of the heavens: “^aYou are My beloved Son, in You I am well-pleased.”

^12aAnd immediately the Spirit ^*drove Him to go out into the wilderness.

¹³And He was in the wilderness forty days being tempted by ^aSatan; and He was with the wild beasts, and the angels were ministering to Him.

Jesus Preaches in Galilee

^14aNow after John had been delivered up into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, ^1bpreaching the gospel of God,

¹⁵and saying, “^aThe time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God ¹is at hand; ^brepent and ²believe in the gospel.”

^16aAs He was going along by the Sea of Galilee, He saw Simon and Andrew, the brother of Simon, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.

¹⁷And Jesus said to them, “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men.”

¹⁸And immediately they left their nets and followed Him.

¹⁹And going on a little farther, He saw ¹James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who were also in the boat mending the nets.

²⁰And immediately He called them; and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, and went away ¹to follow Him.

^21aAnd they ^*went into Capernaum; and immediately on the Sabbath ^bHe entered the synagogue and began to teach.

^22aAnd they were astonished at His teaching; for He was teaching them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.

²³And immediately there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

²⁴saying, “^aWhat ¹do we have to do with You, Jesus the ^bNazarene? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—^cthe Holy One of God!”

²⁵And Jesus rebuked him, saying, “Be quiet, and come out of him!”

²⁶And throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.

²⁷And they were all ^aamazed, so that they were arguing among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey Him.”

²⁸And immediately the news about Him spread everywhere into all the surrounding district of Galilee.

Simon’s Mother-In-Law and Many Others Healed

^29aAnd immediately after they came ^bout of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

³⁰Now Simon’s mother-in-law was lying sick with a fever; and immediately they ^*spoke to ¹Jesus about her.

³¹And He came to her and raised her up, taking her by the hand, and the fever left her, and she ¹began waiting on them.

^32aNow when evening came, ^bafter the sun had set, they began bringing to Him all who were ill and those who were ^cdemon-possessed.