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katapi HOME Mark 1:1-8 - The Preaching of John the Baptist  Mk.1.1-8 (Bethabara)- Mt.3.1-12, Lk.3.1-9, Jn.1.19-28 | NEB Contents | notes

1 1 HERE BEGINS THE GOSPEL of Jesus Christ the Son of God.

1 2 [ Mal.3.1. ] In the prophet Isaiah it stands written:

'Here is my herald whom I send on ahead of you,
and he will prepare your way.
1 3 [ Is.40.1. ] A voice crying aloud in the wilderness,
"Prepare a way for the Lord;
clear a straight path for him."'
1 4 And so it was that John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness proclaiming a baptism in token of repentance, for the forgiveness of sins, 1 5 and they flocked to him from the whole Judaean country-side and the city of Jerusalem, and were baptized by him in the River Jordan, confessing their sins.
1 6 John was dressed in a rough coat of camel's hair, with a leather belt round his waist, and he fed on locusts and wild honey.
1 7 His proclamation ran: 'After me comes one who is mightier than I. I am not fit to s unfasten his shoes. 1 8 I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'