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noyes@Mark:1:1 @ The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ;
noyes@Mark:1:2 @ as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: "Lo! I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way;"
noyes@Mark:1:3 @ "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths!"
noyes@Mark:1:4 @ John the Baptizer appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
noyes@Mark:1:5 @ And there went out to him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
noyes@Mark:1:6 @ And John was clothed with camels hair, and with a leathern girdle about his loins, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
noyes@Mark:1:7 @ And he preached, saying, There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.
noyes@Mark:1:8 @ I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.