Mark 1

¹The beginning of the Gospel of Iesus Christ, the Sonne of God:

²As it is written in the Prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

³The voyce of him that cryeth in the wildernesse is, Prepare the way of the Lord: make his paths straight.

⁴Iohn did baptize in the wildernesse, and preach the baptisme of amendment of life, for remission of sinnes.

⁵And al ye countrey of Iudea, and they of Hierusalem went out vnto him, and were all baptized of him in the riuer Iordan, confessing their sinnes.

⁶Nowe Iohn was clothed with camels heare, and with a girdle of a skinne about his loynes: and he did eate Locusts and wilde hony,

⁷And preached, saying, A stronger then I commeth after me, whose shoes latchet I am not worthy to stoupe downe, and vnloose.

⁸Trueth it is, I haue baptized you with water: but he will baptize you with the holy Ghost.

⁹And it came to passe in those dayes, that Iesus came from Nazareth, a citie of Galile, and was baptized of Iohn in Iordan.

¹⁰And assoone as he was come out of the water, Iohn saw the heauens clouen in twaine, and the holy Ghost descending vpon him like a doue.

¹¹Then there was a voyce from heauen, saying, Thou art my beloued Sonne, in whome I am well pleased.

¹²And immediatly the Spirite driueth him into the wildernesse.

¹³And he was there in the wildernesse fourtie daies, and was tempted of Satan: hee was also with the wilde beastes, and the Angels ministred vnto him.