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The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ ,
the Son of God ;
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As it is written in the prophets ,
Behold ,
I send my messenger before thy face ,
which shall prepare thy way before thee .
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The voice of one crying in the wilderness ,
Prepare ye the way of the Lord ,
make his paths straight .
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John did baptize in the wilderness ,
and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins .
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And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea ,
and they of Jerusalem ,
and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan ,
confessing their sins .
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And John was clothed with camel '
s hair ,
and with a girdle of a skin about his loins ;
and he did eat locusts and wild honey ;
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And preached ,
saying ,
There cometh one mightier than I after me ,
the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose .
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I indeed have baptized you with water :
but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost .
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And it came to pass in those days ,
that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee ,
and was baptized of John in Jordan .
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And straightway coming up out of the water ,
he saw the heavens opened ,
and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him :
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And there came a voice from heaven ,
saying ,
Thou art my beloved Son ,
in whom I am well pleased .
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And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness .
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And he was there in the wilderness forty days ,
tempted of Satan ;
and was with the wild beasts ;
and the angels ministered unto him .
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Now after that John was put in prison ,
Jesus came into Galilee ,
preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God ,
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And saying ,
The time is fulfilled ,
and the kingdom of God is at hand :
repent ye ,
and believe the gospel .
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Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee ,
he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea :
for they were fishers .
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And Jesus said unto them ,
Come ye after me ,
and I will make you to become fishers of men .
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And straightway they forsook their nets ,
and followed him .
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And when he had gone a little further thence ,
he saw James the son of Zebedee ,
and John his brother ,
who also were in the ship mending their nets .
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And straightway he called them :
and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants ,
and went after him .
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And they went into Capernaum ;
and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue ,
and taught .
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And they were astonished at his doctrine :
for he taught them as one that had authority ,
and not as the scribes .
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And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit ;
and he cried out ,
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Saying ,
Let us alone ;
what have we to do with thee ,
thou Jesus of Nazareth ?
art thou come to destroy us ?
I know thee who thou art ,
the Holy One of God .
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And Jesus rebuked him ,
saying ,
Hold thy peace ,
and come out of him .
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And when the unclean spirit had torn him ,
and cried with a loud voice ,
he came out of him .
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And they were all amazed ,
insomuch that they questioned among themselves ,
saying ,
What thing is this ?
what new doctrine is this ?
for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits ,
and they do obey him .
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And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee .
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And forthwith ,
when they were come out of the synagogue ,
they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew ,
with James and John .
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But Simon '
s wife '
s mother lay sick of a fever ,
and anon they tell him of her .
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And he came and took her by the hand ,
and lifted her up ;
and immediately the fever left her ,
and she ministered unto them .
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And at even ,
when the sun did set ,
they brought unto him all that were diseased ,
and them that were possessed with devils .
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And all the city was gathered together at the door .
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And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases ,
and cast out many devils ;
and suffered not the devils to speak ,
because they knew him .
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And in the morning ,
rising up a great while before day ,
he went out ,
and departed into a solitary place ,
and there prayed .
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And Simon and they that were with him followed after him .
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And when they had found him ,
they said unto him ,
All men seek for thee .
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And he said unto them ,
Let us go into the next towns ,
that I may preach there also :
for therefore came I forth .
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And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee ,
and cast out devils .
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And there came a leper to him ,
beseeching him ,
and kneeling down to him ,
and saying unto him ,
If thou wilt ,
thou canst make me clean .
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And Jesus ,
moved with compassion ,
put forth his hand ,
and touched him ,
and saith unto him ,
I will ;
be thou clean .
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And as soon as he had spoken ,
immediately the leprosy departed from him ,
and he was cleansed .
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And he straitly charged him ,
and forthwith sent him away ;
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And saith unto him ,
See thou say nothing to any man :
but go thy way ,
shew thyself to the priest ,
and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded ,
for a testimony unto them .
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But he went out ,
and began to publish it much ,
and to blaze abroad the matter ,
insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city ,
but was without in desert places :
and they came to him from every quarter .