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John was baptizing in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism about repentance for the forgiveness of sins. People from[a] the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were flocking to him, being baptized by him while they confessed their sins. Now John was dressed in camel’s hair with[b] a leather belt around his waist. He ate grasshoppers[c] and wild honey.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:5 The Gk. lacks People from
  2. Mark 1:6 Lit. and
  3. Mark 1:6 Or locust-shaped carob seed pods