And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins. John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore (A)a leather belt around his waist, and [a]his diet was locusts and wild honey. And he was [b]preaching, saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to bend down and untie the straps of His sandals.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:6 Lit was eating
  2. Mark 1:7 Or proclaiming

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