1 The beginning of the Gospel of Iesus Christ, the Sonne of God,
2 As it is written in the Prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
3 The voice of one crying in the wildernesse, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
4 Iohn did baptize in the wildernesse, and preach the baptisme of repentance, for the remission of sinnes.
5 And there went out vnto him all the land of Iudea, and they of Ierusalem, and were all baptized of him in the riuer of Iordane, cōfessing their sinnes.
6 And Iohn was clothed with camels haire, and with a girdle of a skin about his loines: and he did eat locusts and wilde honie,
7 And preached, saying, There commeth one mightier then I after me, the latchet of whose shooes I am not worthy to stoupe downe, and vnloose.
8 I indeed haue baptized you with water: but hee shall baptize you with the holy Ghost.
Mk 1:1-8
Preaching of John the Baptist. (1769). Holy Bible: Gospel According to Mark; Authorized King James Version, Pure Cambridge Edition. Oxford, England.
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