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emtv @Mark:1:1 @. THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST , THE SON OF GOD . * As it is written in the Prophets : "Behold , I send My messenger before Your face , who will prepare Your way before You ." * "A voice of one crying in the wilderness : 'In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD ; make His paths straight .' " * John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins . * And all the Judean country and the inhabitants of Jerusalem went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River , confessing their sins . * Now John was clothed with camel 's hair and with a leather belt around his waist , and was eating locusts and wild honey . * And he was preaching , saying , "There comes One after me who is stronger than me , of whom I am not worthy to stoop down and to loose the strap of His [ ]sandal . * I baptized you in water , but He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit ." * It came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee , and was baptized by John in the Jordan . * And immediately , coming up from the water , He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit coming down upon Him like a dove . * Then a voice came from the heavens , "You are My beloved Son , in whom I have found delight ." * And immediately the Spirit drove Him into the wilderness . * And He was there in the wilderness forty days , being tempted by Satan , and was with the wild animals ; and the angels were ministering to Him . * Now after John was imprisoned , Jesus came to Galilee , preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God , * and saying , "The time has been fulfilled , and the kingdom of God is at hand . Repent , and believe in the gospel ." * And as He was walking alongside the Sea of Galilee , He saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea ; for they were fishermen . * Then Jesus said to them , "Come after Me , and I will make you become fishers of men ." * And immediately leaving their nets they followed Him . * And having gone forth from there a little , He saw James the son of Zebedee , and John his brother , who also were in the boat mending their nets . * And immediately He called them . And after they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired workers , they went away after Him . * And they were going into Capernaum . And immediately on the Sabbath , He entered the synagogue and began teaching . * And they were astonished at His doctrine , for He was teaching them as one who had authority , and not as the scribes .

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