Mark 1:1–32

¹A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God. ²As it hath been written in the prophets, ‘Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,’— ³‘A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,’— ⁴John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation—to remission of sins, ⁵and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁶And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field, ⁷and he proclaimed, saying, ‘He doth come—who is mightier than I—after me, of whom I am not worthy—having stooped down—to loose the latchet of his sandals; ⁸I indeed did baptize you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.’

⁹And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan; ¹⁰and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit as a dove coming down upon him; ¹¹and a voice came out of the heavens, ‘Thou art My Son—the Beloved, in whom I did delight.’ ¹²And immediately doth the Spirit put him forth to the wilderness, ¹³and he was there in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by the Adversary, and he was with the beasts, and the messengers were ministering to him.

¹⁴And after the delivering up of John, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of the reign of God, ¹⁵and saying—‘Fulfilled hath been the time, and the reign of God hath come nigh, reform ye, and believe in the good news.’ ¹⁶And, walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea, for they were fishers, ¹⁷and Jesus said to them, ‘Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;’ ¹⁸and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him. ¹⁹And having gone on thence a little, he saw James of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they were in the boat refitting the nets, ²⁰and immediately he called them, and, having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after him. ²¹And they go on to Capernaum, and immediately, on the sabbaths, having gone into the synagogue, he was teaching, ²²and they were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

²³And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit, and he cried out, ²⁴saying, ‘Away! what—to us and to thee, Jesus the Nazarene? thou didst come to destroy us; I have known thee who thou art—the Holy One of God.’ ²⁵And Jesus rebuked him, saying, ‘Be silenced, and come forth out of him,’ ²⁶and the unclean spirit having torn him, and having cried with a great voice, came forth out of him, ²⁷and they were all amazed, so as to reason among themselves, saying, ‘What is this? what new teaching is this? that with authority also the unclean spirits he commandeth, and they obey him!’ ²⁸And the fame of him went forth immediately to all the region, round about, of Galilee.

²⁹And immediately, having come forth out of the synagogue, they went to the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John, ³⁰and the mother-in-law of Simon was lying fevered, and immediately they tell him about her, ³¹and having come near, he raised her up, having laid hold of her hand, and the fever left her immediately, and she was ministering to them. ³²And evening having come, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all who were ill, and who were demoniacs,