Mark 1:1-5 THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD.

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹ THE BEGINNING OF THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST, THE SON OF GOD. ² As it is written in the Prophets: "Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You." ³ "A voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make His paths straight.' " ⁴ John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. ⁵ 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.