Mark 1
1 The
beginning of the
gospel of
Jesus Christ, the
Son of
God; 2 As it is
written in the
prophets, Behold,
I send my messenger before thy face, which shall
prepare thy way before thee. 3 The
voice of one
crying in the
wilderness, Prepare
ye the
way of the
Lord, make his paths straight. 4 John did baptize in the
wilderness, and preach the
baptism of
repentance for the
remission of
sins. 5 And there went
out unto him all the
land of
Judaea, and they of
Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the
river of
Jordan, confessing their sins. 6 And John was clothed with
camel's hair, and with a
girdle of a
skin about his loins; and he did
eat locusts and wild honey; 7 And preached,
saying, There
cometh one mightier
than I after me, the
latchet of
whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop
down and
unloose.
8 I indeed have
baptized you with water: but he shall
baptize you with the
Holy Ghost. 9 And it came to
pass in those days, that
Jesus came from Nazareth of
Galilee, and was
baptized of John in Jordan. 10 And straightway coming
up out
of the
water, he
saw the
heavens opened,
and the
Spirit like a
dove descending upon him: 11 And there
came a
voice from heaven, saying,
Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well
pleased.
12 And immediately the
Spirit driveth him into the
wilderness. 13 And he
was there in the
wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild
beasts; and the
angels ministered unto
him. 14 Now after that
John was put in
prison,
Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the
gospel of the
kingdom of
God, 15 And saying, The
time is
fulfilled,
and the
kingdom of
God is at
hand: repent
ye,
and believe the
gospel. 16 Now as he
walked by the
sea of
Galilee, he
saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a
net into the
sea: for they
were fishers. 17 And Jesus said unto
them, Come
ye after me, and I will
make you to
become fishers of
men. 18 And straightway they
forsook their nets, and
followed him. 19 And when he had
gone a
little further thence, he
saw James the
son of
Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were
in the
ship mending their
nets. 20 And straightway he
called them: and they
left their father Zebedee in the
ship with the hired
servants, and
went after him. 21 And they
went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath
day he
entered into the
synagogue, and
taught.
22 And they were
astonished at his doctrine: for he
taught them as one that
had authority, and not as the
scribes. 23 And there
was in their synagogue a
man with an
unclean spirit; and he cried
out,
24 Saying, Let us
alone; what have
we to
do with
thee, thou
Jesus of
Nazareth? art thou
come to
destroy us? I
know thee who thou
art, the Holy
One of
God. 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy
peace,
and come out
of him. 26 And when the
unclean spirit had
torn him, and cried with a
loud voice, he
came out
of him. 27 And they
were all amazed, insomuch
that they
questioned among themselves, saying, What
thing is this? what new doctrine is
this? for with authority commandeth he
even the
unclean spirits, and they do
obey him. 28 And immediately his fame spread
abroad throughout all the region round
about Galilee. 29 And forthwith, when they were
come out
of the
synagogue, they
entered into the
house of
Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30 But Simon's wife's
mother lay sick of a
fever,
and anon they
tell him of her. 31 And he
came and
took her by the
hand, and
lifted her up;
and immediately the
fever left her, and she
ministered unto
them. 32 And at even, when the
sun did
set, they
brought unto him all that
were diseased, and them that were possessed with
devils.
33 And all the
city was gathered
together at the
door. 34 And he
healed many that
were sick of
divers diseases, and cast
out many devils; and suffered not the
devils to
speak,
because they
knew him. 35 And in the
morning, rising
up a great
while before
day, he went
out,
and departed into a
solitary place, and
there prayed.
36 And Simon and they that were
with him followed
after him. 37 And when they had
found him, they
said unto
him,
All men
seek for
thee. 38 And he
said unto
them, Let us
go into the
next towns, that I may
preach there
also: for therefore came I
forth.
39 And he
preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast
out devils. 40 And there
came a
leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling
down to
him, and saying unto
him,
If thou
wilt, thou
canst make me clean.
41 And Jesus, moved with
compassion, put
forth his
hand, and
touched him, and saith unto
him, I
will; be thou
clean.
42 And as soon as
he had
spoken,
immediately the
leprosy departed from him, and he was
cleansed.
43 And he straitly
charged him, and
forthwith sent him away;
44 And saith unto
him, See thou
say nothing to any
man: but go thy
way,
shew thyself to the
priest, and offer for thy cleansing those
things which
Moses commanded,
for a
testimony unto
them. 45 But he went
out, and
began to
publish it
much, and to blaze
abroad the
matter, insomuch
that Jesus could no
more openly enter into the
city, but was without in desert places: and they
came to him from every
quarter.