Mark 1:1-4

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, a the Son of God. ▼
▼ Some manuscripts omit  the Son of God

2  c As it is written in Isaiah the prophet ▼
▼ Some manuscripts  in the prophets

e “Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way,
 3  f the voice of one crying in the wilderness:
g ‘Prepare ▼
▼ Or  crying: Prepare in the wilderness
 the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight,’”

4  i John appeared, baptizing in j the wilderness and proclaiming k a baptism of l repentance m for the forgiveness of sins.
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