The Gospel according to S. Marke. Chapter 1

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CHAP. I.

1 The office of Iohn the Baptist. 9 Iesus is baptized, 12 tempted, 14 he preacheth: 16 calleth Peter, Andrew, Iames and Iohn: 23 healeth one that had a deuill, 29 Peters mother in law, 32 many diseased persons, 41 and cleanseth the Leper.

¹The beginning of the Gospel of Iesus Christ, the Sonne of God,

²As it is written in the Prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.²

³The voice of one crying in the wildernesse, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.³

⁴Iohn did baptize in the wildernesse, and preach the baptisme of repentance, for the remission of sinnes.⁴

⁵And there went out vnto him all the land of Iudea, and they of Ierusalem, and were all baptized of him in the riuer of Iordane, cōfessing their sinnes.⁵

⁶And Iohn was clothed with camels haire, and with a girdle of a skin about his loines: and he did eat locusts and wilde honie,⁶

⁷And preached, saying, There commeth one mightier then I after me, the latchet of whose shooes I am not worthy to stoupe downe, and vnloose.

⁸I indeed haue baptized you with water: but hee shall baptize you with the holy Ghost.

⁹And it came to passe in those daies, that Iesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of Iohn in Iordane.⁹

¹⁰And straightway comming vp out of the water, hee saw the heauens opened, and the Spirit like a doue descending vpon him.¹⁰

¹¹And there came a voice from heauen, saying, Thou art my beloued Sonne, in whom I am well pleased.

¹²And immediately the Spirit driueth him into the wildernesse.¹²

¹³And he was there in the wildernesse fourtie daies tempted of Satan, and was with the wildbeasts, and the Angels ministred vnto him.

¹⁴Now after that Iohn was put in prison, Iesus came into Galilee, preaching the Gospell of the kingdome of God,¹⁴

¹⁵And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdome of God is at hand: repent ye, and beleeue the Gospell.

¹⁶Now 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.)¹⁶

¹⁷And Iesus said vnto them, Come ye after me; and I will make you to become fishers of men.

¹⁸And straightway they forsooke their nets, and followed him.

¹⁹And when hee had gone a little further thence, hee saw Iames the sonne of Zebedee, and Iohn his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets.

²⁰And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired seruants, and went after him.

²¹And they went into Capernaum, and straightway on the Sabbath day he entred into the Synagogue, and taught.²¹

²²And they were astonished at his doctrine: for hee taught them as one that had authority, and not as the Scribes.²²

²³And there was in their Synagogue a man with an vncleane spirit, and he cried out,²³

²⁴Saying, Let vs alone, what haue we to doe with thee, thou Iesus of Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy vs? I know thee who thou art, the holy One of God.

²⁵And Iesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.

²⁶And when the vncleane spirit had torne him, and cried with a lowd voice, he came out of him.

²⁷And they were all amased, insomuch that they questioned among themselues, saying, What thing is this? What new doctrine is this? For with authoritie commandeth he euen the vncleane spirits, and they doe obey him.

²⁸And immediatly his fame spread abroad throughout al the region round about Galilee.

²⁹And forth with, when they were come out of the Synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon, and Andrew, with Iames and Iohn.²⁹

³⁰But Simons wiues mother lay sicke of a feuer: and anone they tell him of her.

³¹And he came and tooke her by the hand, and lift her vp, and immediately the feuer left her, and she ministred vnto them.

³²And at euen, when the Sunne did set, they brought vnto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with diuels:

³³And all the citie was gathered together at the doore.

³⁴And he healed many that were sicke of diuers diseases, and cast out many deuils, and suffered not the deuils to speake, because they knew him.³⁴

³⁵And in the morning, rising vp a great while before day, hee went out, and departed into a solitarie place, and there prayed.

³⁶And Simon, and they that were with him, followed after him:

³⁷And when they had found him, they said vnto him, All men seek for thee.

³⁸And he said vnto them, Let vs goe into þ^e next townes, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I foorth.

³⁹And he preached in their Synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out deuils.

⁴⁰And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling downe to him, and saying vnto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me cleane.⁴⁰

⁴¹And Iesus mooued with compassion, put foorth his hand, and touched him, and saith vnto him, I will, be thou cleane.

⁴²And assoone as he had spoken, immediately the leprosie departed from him, and he was cleansed.

⁴³And he straitly charged him, and forth with sent him away,

⁴⁴And saith vnto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but goe thy way, shew thy selfe to the Priest, and offer for thy clensing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony vnto them.

⁴⁵But he went out, and beganne to publish it much, and to blase abroad the matter: insomuch that Iesus could no more openly enter into the citie, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from euery quarter.⁴⁵

Original 1611 KJV Sidenote References for Mark Chapter 1

² Esa. 40.3. luke 3.4. iohn 1.23.
³ Matt. 3.1.
⁴ Or, vnto. , Matt. 3.5.
⁵ Mark. 16.15.
⁶ Matt. 3.4.
⁹ Matth. 3.13.
¹⁰ Or, clouen, or rent.
¹² Matt. 4.1.
¹⁴ Matth.4.12.
¹⁶ Matth.4.18.
²¹ Matth.4.13.
²² Matth.7.28.
²³ Luke 4.33.
²⁹ Matth.8.14.
³⁴ Or, to say that they knew him.
⁴⁰ Matth.8.2
⁴⁵ Luke 5.15.

* Some content courtesy of Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Pennsylvania

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