Mark 1:1-8

¹The 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.