Mark 1:1
John the Baptist Prepares the Way
1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, athe Son of God.1
Mark 1:2–3
2 bAs it is written in Isaiah the prophet,1
c“Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way,
3 dthe voice of one crying in the wilderness:
e‘Prepare2 the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight,’”
