Mark Chapter 1    

¹The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ,^a the Son of God.
  ²As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Look! I am sending my messenger before your face, who will prepare the road for you.^{b
  3}A voice of one calling out in the desert, ‘Make the road ready for the Lord! Make the paths straight for him!’”^c
 

⁴John came baptizing in the desert and preaching a baptism that was a sign of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
  ⁵And the whole region of Judea and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, openly confessing their sins.
 

⁶John was clothed with camel’s hair and had a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
  ⁷And he was preaching, saying, “After me, one who is mightier than I am is coming—I am not even worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of his sandals!
  ⁸I baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with holy spirit.”
 

⁹And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
  ¹⁰And immediately as he was stepping up^d out of the water, he saw the heavens being split open and the spirit descending upon him like a dove,
  ¹¹and a voice came out of the heavens, “You are my beloved Son, with you I am well pleased.”
 

¹²And immediately the spirit drove him out into the desert.
  ¹³And he was in the desert 40 days being tempted by the Adversary.^e And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.
 

¹⁴After John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee preaching the good news of God,
  ¹⁵and saying, “The time has been fulfilled and the Kingdom of God has drawn near. Repent and believe the good news.”
 

¹⁶And as he was passing alongside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew (the brother of Simon) casting a net into the lake^f—for they were fishermen.
  ¹⁷And Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will have you fish for people.”
  ¹⁸And immediately they left their nets and followed him.
  ¹⁹And going on a little further, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and his brother John, and they were in their boat mending the nets.
  ²⁰And immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired servants and followed him.
 

²¹And they went into Capernaum. And immediately on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue and began to teach.
  ²²And they were astonished at his teaching because he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not as the experts in the law.
  ²³And immediately there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,
  ²⁴saying, “What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God.”
  ²⁵And Jesus subdued him, saying, “Be bound!” and “Come out of him!”
  ²⁶And after throwing him into convulsions and crying out with a loud voice, the unclean spirit came out of him.
  ²⁷And they were all amazed, so they debated among themselves, saying, “What is this? A new teaching—with authority! He commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.”
  ²⁸And the news about him immediately went out everywhere into all the surrounding region of Galilee.
 

²⁹And immediately, after coming out of the synagogue, they went with James and John into the house of Simon and Andrew.
  ³⁰Now Simon’s mother-in-law was lying down, sick with a fever, and immediately they told him about her.
  ³¹And he came and took her by the hand and raised her up, and the fever left her and she began to serve them.
 

³²And when evening came, after the sun had set, they brought to him everyone who was sick and those who were afflicted by demons.
  ³³And the whole city was gathered together at the door.
  ³⁴And he healed many who were sick with various diseases and cast out many demons, and he did not allow the demons to speak because they knew him.
 

³⁵And getting up very early in the morning, while it was still dark, he left the house and departed into a solitary place and prayed there.
  ³⁶And Simon and those who were with him went searching for him,
  ³⁷and they found him and said to him, “Everyone is looking for you.”
  ³⁸And he said to them, “Let’s go somewhere else, into the nearby towns, so that I can preach there also, for that is why I came.”
  ³⁹And he went throughout all Galilee, preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.
 

⁴⁰And a man with a serious skin disease^g came to him, kneeling down and pleading to him, and saying to him, “If you are willing, you are able to make me clean.”
  ⁴¹And being moved with compassion he stretched out his hand and touched him and said to him, “I am willing. Be clean!”
  ⁴²And immediately the skin disease left him and he was made clean.
  ⁴³And after he sternly warned him, immediately he sent him away,
  ⁴⁴and said to him, “See that you do not say anything to anyone, but go show yourself to the priest and offer the things that Moses commanded for your cleansing as a testimony to them.”
  ⁴⁵But he went out and began to widely proclaim it and to spread the news, so that Jesus^h was no longer able to openly enter into a city, but stayed outside in unpopulated areas, and yet they kept coming to him from everywhere.