Mark 1:1-5 (NRSV)
The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ,
the Son of God.
As it is written in the prophet Isaiah,
"See, I am sending my messenger
ahead of you,
who will prepare
your way;
the voice of one crying out in the wilderness:
'Prepare the way
of the Lord,
make his paths
straight,'"
John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming
a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And people from the
whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to
him, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
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