asv@Mark:1:1 @The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
asv@Mark:1:2 @Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way.
asv@Mark:1:3 @The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight;
asv@Mark:1:4 @John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins.
asv@Mark:1:5 @And there went out unto him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; And they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
asv@Mark:1:6 @And John was clothed with camel's hair, and [had] a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild honey.
asv@Mark:1:7 @And he preached, saying, There cometh after me he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
asv@Mark:1:8 @I baptized you in water; But he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit.