1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ;
2as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Lo! I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way;”
3“The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths!”
4John the Baptizer appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
5And 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.
6And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leathern girdle about his loins, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
7And 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.
8I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
9And it came to pass that in those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
Mark 1
Mark 1:1-9