John the Baptist Begins His Ministry

The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ.[a] Just as it is written in the prophet Isaiah,

“Behold, I am sending my messenger before your face,
    who will prepare your way,
the voice of one shouting in the wilderness,
    ‘Prepare the way of the Lord,
    make straight his paths!’”[b]

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:1 Some manuscripts add “the Son of God”
  2. Mark 1:3 A quotation from Isa 40:3