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Mark 1

¹This is the Good News about Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

²It began as the prophet Isaiah had written: "God said, 'I will send my messenger ahead of you to open the way for you.'

³Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the road ready for the Lord; make a straight path for him to travel!' "

⁴So John appeared in the desert, baptizing and preaching. "Turn away from your sins and be baptized,"he told the people, "and God will forgive your sins."

⁵Many people from the province of Judea and the city of Jerusalem went out to hear John. They confessed their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan River.

⁶John wore clothes made of camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.

⁷He announced to the people, "The man who will come after me is much greater than I am. I am not good enough even to bend down and untie his sandals.

⁸I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

⁹Not long afterward Jesus came from Nazareth in the province of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

¹⁰As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, he saw heaven opening and the Spirit coming down on him like a dove.

¹¹And a voice came from heaven, "You are my own dear Son. I am pleased with you."

¹²At once the Spirit made him go into the desert,

¹³where he stayed forty days, being tempted by Satan. Wild animals were there also, but angels came and helped him.

¹⁴After John had been put in prison, Jesus went to Galilee and preached the Good News from God.

¹⁵"The right time has come," he said, "and the Kingdom of God is near! Turn away from your sins and believe the Good News!"

¹⁶As Jesus walked along the shore of Lake Galilee, he saw two fishermen, Simon and his brother Andrew, catching fish with a net.

¹⁷Jesus said to them, "Come with me, and I will teach you to catch people."

¹⁸At once they left their nets and went with him.

¹⁹He went a little farther on and saw two other brothers, James and John, the sons of Zebedee. They were in their boat getting their nets ready.

²⁰As soon as Jesus saw them, he called them; they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and went with Jesus.

²¹Jesus and his disciples came to the town of Capernaum, and on the next Sabbath Jesus went to the synagogue and began to teach.

²²The people who heard him were amazed at the way he taught, for he wasn't like the teachers of the Law; instead, he taught with authority.

²³Just then a man with an evil spirit came into the synagogue and screamed,

²⁴"What do you want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Are you here to destroy us? I know who you are---you are God's holy messenger!"

²⁵Jesus ordered the spirit, "Be quiet, and come out of the man!"

²⁶The evil spirit shook the man hard, gave a loud scream, and came out of him.

²⁷The people were all so amazed that they started saying to one another, "What is this? Is it some kind of new teaching? This man has authority to give orders to the evil spirits, and they obey him!"

²⁸And so the news about Jesus spread quickly everywhere in the province of Galilee.

²⁹Jesus and his disciples, including James and John, left the synagogue and went straight to the home of Simon and Andrew.

³⁰Simon's mother-in-law was sick in bed with a fever, and as soon as Jesus arrived, he was told about her.

³¹He went to her, took her by the hand, and helped her up. The fever left her, and she began to wait on them.

³²After the sun had set and evening had come, people brought to Jesus all the sick and those who had demons.

³³All the people of the town gathered in front of the house.

³⁴Jesus healed many who were sick with all kinds of diseases and drove out many demons. He would not let the demons say anything, because they knew who he was.

³⁵Very early the next morning, long before daylight, Jesus got up and left the house. He went out of town to a lonely place, where he prayed.

³⁶But Simon and his companions went out searching for him,

³⁷and when they found him, they said, "Everyone is looking for you."

³⁸But Jesus answered, "We must go on to the other villages around here. I have to preach in them also, because that is why I came."

³⁹So he traveled all over Galilee, preaching in the synagogues and driving out demons.

⁴⁰A man suffering from a dreaded skin disease came to Jesus, knelt down, and begged him for help. "If you want to,"he said, "you can make me clean."

⁴¹Jesus was filled with pity, and reached out and touched him. "I do want to," he answered. "Be clean!"

⁴²At once the disease left the man, and he was clean.

⁴³Then Jesus spoke sternly to him and sent him away at once,

⁴⁴after saying to him, "Listen, don't tell anyone about this. But go straight to the priest and let him examine you; then in order to prove to everyone that you are cured, offer the sacrifice that Moses ordered."

⁴⁵But the man went away and began to spread the news everywhere. Indeed, he talked so much that Jesus could not go into a town publicly. Instead, he stayed out in lonely places, and people came to him from everywhere.