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¹ The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.² Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Look, I send my messenger before your face, Who shall prepare your way.³ The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight;⁴ John the Baptist came in the wilderness and was preaching a baptism of repentance to remission of sins.⁵ And all the country of Judea, and all those of Jerusalem went out to him; And they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.⁶ And John was clothed with camel's hair, and [had] a leather girdle about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey.⁷ And he preached, saying, There comes after me he that is mightier than I, the lace of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.⁸ I baptized you in water; But he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

⁹ And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in the Jordan.¹⁰ And immediately coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent apart, and the Spirit as a dove descending on him:¹¹ And a voice came out of the heavens, You are my beloved Son, in you I am well pleased.¹² And right away the Spirit drives him forth into the wilderness.¹³ And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan; And he was with the wild beasts; And the angels were serving him.

¹⁴ Now after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,¹⁵ and saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent, and believe in the gospel.¹⁶ And passing along by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea; for they were fishers.¹⁷ And Jesus said to them, Come after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.¹⁸ And immediately they left the nets, and followed him.¹⁹ And going on a little further, he saw James the [son] of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending the nets.²⁰ And immediately he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired workers, and went after him.²¹ And they go into Capernaum; and right away on the Sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught.²² And they were astonished at his teaching: For he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

²³ And right away there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,²⁴ saying, What do we have to do with you, Jesus you Nazarene? have you come to destroy us? I know you who you are, the Holy One of God.²⁵ And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold your peace, and come out of him.²⁶ And the unclean spirit, tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him.²⁷ And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he commands even the unclean spirits, and they obey him.²⁸ And the report of him went out right away everywhere into all the region of Galilee round about.

²⁹ And right away, when they had come out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.³⁰ Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever; and right away they tell him of her:³¹ and he came and took her by the hand, and raised her up; and the fever left her, and she served them.³² And at evening, when the sun set, they brought to him all that were sick, and those that were possessed with demons.³³ And all the city was gathered together at the door.³⁴ And he healed many that were sick with diverse diseases, and cast out many demons; and he didn't allow the demons to speak, because they knew him.³⁵ And in the morning, a great while before day, he rose up and went out, and departed into a desert place, and there prayed.³⁶ And Simon and those that were with him followed after him;³⁷ and they found him, and say to him, All are seeking you.³⁸ And he says to them, Let us go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also; for to this end I came forth.³⁹ And he went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.

⁴⁰ And there comes to him a leper, imploring him, and kneeling down, and saying to him, If you will, you can make me clean.⁴¹ And being moved with compassion, he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, and says to him, I will; be made clean.⁴² And immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.⁴³ And he strictly charged him, and immediately sent him out,⁴⁴ and says to him, See [that] you say nothing to any man: but go show yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.⁴⁵ But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to spread abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.