THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO MARK. CHAP. I. THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; (2)as it is written in the prophets[11]; "Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, he shall prepare thy way before thee. (3)The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths strait." (4)John was baptising in the wilderness, and preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. (5)And all the country of Judea went out to him, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptised by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. (6)Now John was clothed with a camel's hair garment, and a girdle of leather about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. (7)And he preached, saying, One mightier than I is coming after me, the string of whose shoes I am not worthy, stooping down, to unloose. (8)I indeed baptise you with water; but he shall baptise you with the Holy Ghost. (9)And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptised of John in Jordan. (10)And immediately on going up from the water, he saw the heavens divided by a chasm, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him: (11)and a voice came from heaven, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased. (12)And immediately the Spirit impelled him to go into the wilderness. (13)And he was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministred unto him. (14)But after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God: (15)and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God draweth nigh: repent, and believe the gospel. (16)And as he walked near the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. (17)And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will appoint you to be fishers of men: (18)and immediately leaving their nets, they followed him. (19)And going from thence a little farther, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, and others in the vessel mending the nets. (20)And immediately he called them: and leaving their father Zebedee in the vessel with the hirelings, they went after him.