¹⁾The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God; 2)As as it is written in the prophets,. Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

³²⁾The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

⁴³⁾John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

⁵⁴⁾And there went out unto him all the land of JudaeaJudea, and they of Jerusalem, and many were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

⁶⁵⁾And John was clothed with camel'scamels' hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; 7)And and preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

⁸⁶⁾I indeed have baptized you with water:; but he shall not only baptize you with water, but with fire, and the Holy Ghost.

⁹⁷⁾And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.

¹⁰⁸⁾And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:;

¹¹⁹⁾And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. And John bare record of it.

¹²¹⁰⁾And immediately the spiritSpirit drivethtook him into the wilderness.

¹³¹¹⁾And he was there in the wilderness forty days, temptedSatan ofseeking Satanto tempt him; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

¹⁴¹²⁾Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God; and saying,

¹⁵¹³⁾And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand:; repent ye, and believe the gospel.

¹⁶¹⁴⁾NowAnd now as he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea:; for they were fishers.

¹⁷¹⁵⁾And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

¹⁸¹⁶⁾And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him.

¹⁹¹⁷⁾And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.

²⁰¹⁸⁾And straightway he called them:; and straightway they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.

²¹¹⁹⁾And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbathSabbath day he entered into the synagogue, and taught.

²²²⁰⁾And they were astonished at his doctrine:; for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes.

²³²¹⁾And there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, 24)Saying saying, Let us alone; what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? artArt thou come to destroy us? I know thee, who thou art, the Holy Oneone of God.

²⁵²²⁾And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.

²⁶²³⁾And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him.

²⁷²⁴⁾And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What thing is this? whatWhat new doctrine is this? forFor with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him.

²⁸²⁵⁾And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the regionregions round about Galilee.

²⁹²⁶⁾And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

³⁰²⁷⁾ButAnd Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever,; and anon they tellbesought him offor her.

³¹²⁸⁾And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she came and ministered unto them.

³²²⁹⁾And at even,evening whenafter the sun did setsunset, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. 33)And; and all the city was gathered together at the door.

³⁴³⁰⁾And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.

³⁵³¹⁾And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

³⁶³²⁾And Simon and they that were with him, followed after him.

³⁷³³⁾And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.

³⁸³⁴⁾And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also:; for therefore came I forth.

³⁹³⁵⁾And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.

⁴⁰³⁶⁾And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto himsaid, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

⁴¹³⁷⁾And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saithsaid unto him, I will; be thou clean.

⁴²³⁸⁾And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.

⁴³³⁹⁾And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; 44)And saithand said unto him, See thou say nothing to any man:; but go thy way, shewshow thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

⁴⁵⁴⁰⁾But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desertsolitary places:; and they came to him from every quarter.