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And the whole Judean country[a] was going out to him, and all the people-of-Jerusalem. And they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River while confessing-out[b] their sins. And John was dressed-in camel’s hair and a belt made-of-leather around his waist, and was eating locusts and wild honey. And he was proclaiming, saying “The One more powerful than me is coming after me— of Whom I am not fit, having stooped, to untie the strap of His sandals.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:5 Or, countryside.
  2. Mark 1:5 Or, openly-admitting, acknowledging.

The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist,(A) and he ate locusts(B) and wild honey. And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.(C)

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