Mark 1:1-12

Sawyer(i) 1 (1:1) THE beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, 2 as it is written in Isaiah the prophet; Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way. 3 A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight. 4 (1:2) John baptized in the wilderness, preaching the baptism of a change of mind for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And all the country of Judea and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 6 (1:3) And John was clothed with camel's hairs and a leather girdle about his loins, and he eat locusts and wild honey, 7 and preached, saying, After me comes one mightier than I, the strings of whose shoes I am not fit to stoop down and untie; 8 I have baptized you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit. 9 (1:4) In those days came Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized in the Jordan by John; 10 and going up immediately out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit descend like a dove upon him; 11 and there was a voice from heaven, You are my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased. 12 And the Spirit immediately drove him into the wilderness,