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Mark - ch 1 v 1 - 20
- A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God.
- As it hath been written in the prophets, `Lo, I send My messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee,' --
- `A voice of one calling in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye his paths,' --
- John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,
- and 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.
- And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,
- and 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;
- I indeed did baptize you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'
- And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan;
- and immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens dividing, and the Spirit as a dove coming down upon him;
- and a voice came out of the heavens, `Thou art My Son -- the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'
- And immediately doth the Spirit put him forth to the wilderness,
- and 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.
- And after the delivering up of John, Jesus came to Galilee, proclaiming the good news of the reign of God,
- and saying -- `Fulfilled hath been the time, and the reign of God hath come nigh, reform ye, and believe in the good news.'
- And, walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting a drag into the sea, for they were fishers,
- and Jesus said to them, `Come ye after me, and I shall make you to become fishers of men;'
- and immediately, having left their nets, they followed him.
- And having gone on thence a little, he saw James of Zebedee, and John his brother, and they were in the boat refitting the nets,
- and immediately he called them, and, having left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants, they went away after him.
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