Mark 1:2-8

a As it is written in Isaiah the prophet
Some manuscripts  in the prophets

c Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way,
d the voice of one crying in the wilderness:
e Prepare
Or  crying: Prepare in the wilderness
the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight,’”

g John appeared, baptizing in h the wilderness and proclaiming i a baptism of j repentance k for the forgiveness of sins. And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan l confessing their sins. Now John was m clothed with camel’s hair and n wore a leather belt around his waist and ate o locusts and p wild honey. And he preached, saying q After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. r I have baptized you with water, but s he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

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