The Creation

In the beginning(A) God created the heavens and the earth.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Genesis 1:1 Or created the universe

The Messiah’s Herald

The beginning(A) of the gospel(B) of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.(C)

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John the Baptist Prepares the Way(A)

The beginning of the good news about Jesus the Messiah,[a] the Son of God,[b](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:1 Or Jesus Christ. Messiah (Hebrew) and Christ (Greek) both mean Anointed One.
  2. Mark 1:1 Some manuscripts do not have the Son of God.

Prologue

In the beginning(A) was the Word,[a](B)
and the Word was with God,
and the Word was God.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:1 The Word (Gk Logos) is a title for Jesus as the communication and the revealer of God the Father; Jn 1:14,18; Rv 19:13.

The Word Became Flesh

In the beginning was the Word,(A) and the Word was with God,(B) and the Word was God.(C)

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“All the Jews know my way of life from my youth, which was spent from the beginning among my own nation and in Jerusalem.(A)

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“The Jewish people all know the way I have lived ever since I was a child,(A) from the beginning of my life in my own country, and also in Jerusalem.

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