Mark 1:4-35

John came baptizing  , in the wilderness  and proclaiming a baptism of repentance  for the forgiveness  of sins.  The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem  were going out to him, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan  River, confessing  their sins.  John wore a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts  and wild honey.  He proclaimed, “One who is more powerful  than I am is coming after me.  I am not worthy  to stoop down and untie the strap of his sandals.  I baptize you with  water,  but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”  In  those days Jesus came from Nazareth  in Galilee  and was baptized in the Jordan by John. As soon as he came up out of the water, he saw the heavens  being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. And a voice  came from heaven:  “You are my beloved  Son;  with you I am well-pleased.”  Immediately  the Spirit  drove  him into the wilderness.  He was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted  by Satan.  He was with the wild animals,  and the angels  were serving him. After  John was arrested,  Jesus went to Galilee,  proclaiming  the good news  ,, of God:  “The time   is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God   has come   near.   Repent   and believe   the good news! ” As  he passed alongside the Sea of Galilee,  he saw Simon  and Andrew,  Simon’s brother, casting a net into the sea   — for they were fishermen. “Follow me,”   Jesus told them, “and I will make you fish for   , people.”   Immediately they left their nets and followed  him.  Going on a little farther, he saw James  the son of Zebedee  and his brother John  in a boat putting their nets in order. Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.  They  went into Capernaum,  and right away he entered the synagogue  on the Sabbath  and began to teach.  They were astonished  at his teaching  because he was teaching them as one who had authority, and not like the scribes. Just then a man with an unclean  spirit  was in their synagogue.  He cried out, “What do you have to do with us, Jesus of Nazareth?  Have you come to destroy  us? I know who you are — the Holy  One of God! ”  Jesus rebuked  him saying, “Be silent,   and come out of him! ” And the unclean spirit threw him into convulsions,  shouted with a loud voice, and came out of him. They were all amazed,  and so they began to ask  each other, “What is this? A new teaching  with authority!  , He commands even the unclean  spirits,  and they obey him.” At once the news about him spread throughout the entire vicinity of Galilee.  As  soon as they left the synagogue,  they went into Simon  and Andrew’s  house  with James  and John.  Simon’s mother-in-law was lying in bed with a fever, and they told him about her at once. So he went to her, took her by the hand, and raised her up.  The fever  left her,  and she began to serve  them.  When  evening came, after the sun had set, they brought to him all those who were sick  and demon-possessed.  The whole town was assembled at the door, and he healed  many who were sick with various diseases  and drove out  many demons.  And he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.  Very  early in the morning, while it was still dark, he got up, went out, and made his way to a deserted place;  and there he was praying. 

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