And all the country of Judea, and they of Jerusalem went out unto him, and were all baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

(A)Now John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins: and he did eat (B)locusts and wild honey,

(C)[a]And preached, saying, A stronger than I cometh after me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to [b]stoop down, and unloose.

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:7 John and all ministers cast their eyes upon Christ the Lord.
  2. Mark 1:7 The Evangelist his meaning was to express the condition of the basest servant.

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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