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Mark 1:11The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 John 5:11-12John 20:31Matt 3:17Matt 4:3John 1:14Luke 1:2-3Matt 14:33Matt 17:51 John 1:1-3Heb 1:1-2

Mark 1:22As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, “Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mal 3:1Luke 1:76Matt 11:10Matt 3:1-11Luke 1:15-17Luke 7:27-28Luke 1:70Matt 26:31Ps 40:7Luke 18:31

Mark 1:33the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight. ’”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 40:3-5Matt 3:3Luke 3:4-6John 3:28-36John 1:15John 1:19-34

Mark 1:44In the wilderness John the baptizer began preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:3-4Acts 13:24-25John 3:23Matt 3:6Luke 1:77Luke 3:2-3Matt 3:1-2Acts 10:37Acts 22:16Matt 3:11

Mark 1:55People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:18Lev 26:40-42Acts 2:38Matt 3:5-61 John 1:8-10John 1:28John 3:23Josh 7:19Matt 4:25Prov 28:13

Mark 1:66John wore a garment made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 1:8Lev 11:22Matt 3:4Zech 13:4

Mark 1:77He proclaimed, “One more powerful than I am is coming after me; I am not worthy to bend down and untie the strap of his sandals.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 13:25Luke 3:16John 1:27Matt 3:11John 3:28-31Luke 7:6-7Matt 3:14

Mark 1:88I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 1:51 Cor 12:13Acts 19:4-6Acts 10:45Acts 11:15-16Acts 2:4Joel 2:28Ezek 36:25-27Acts 2:17Isa 32:15

Mark 1:99Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 2:23Matt 3:13-17Luke 3:21-22

Mark 1:1010And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 1:31-34Luke 3:22Isa 42:1Isa 64:1Matt 3:16

Mark 1:1111And a voice came from heaven: “You are my one dear Son; in you I take great delight.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 42:1Mark 9:7Matt 3:17Ps 2:7Col 1:132 Pet 1:17-18John 12:28-30John 3:16Rom 1:4John 1:34

Mark 1:1212The Spirit immediately drove him into the wilderness.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 4:1-11Luke 4:1-13

Mark 1:1313He was in the wilderness forty days, enduring temptations from Satan. He was with wild animals, and angels were ministering to his needs.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Heb 2:17-18Heb 4:15Exod 34:28Matt 26:531 Kgs 19:5-8Deut 9:11Deut 9:18Deut 9:25Matt 4:10-111 Tim 3:16

Mark 1:1414Now after John was imprisoned, Jesus went into Galilee and proclaimed the gospel of God.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 4:23Matt 4:12Luke 8:1Matt 9:35Eph 2:17Isa 61:1-3Acts 28:23Luke 4:17-19Luke 4:43-44Acts 20:25

Mark 1:1515He said, “The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe the gospel!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 3:2Matt 4:17Acts 2:36-38Acts 20:21Eph 1:10Gal 4:4Matt 10:7Dan 2:44Luke 10:9Luke 24:47

Mark 1:1616As he went along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew, Simon’s brother, casting a net into the sea (for they were fishermen).Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 4:18-22John 1:40-42John 6:8Luke 6:14Acts 1:13John 12:22Luke 5:1-11Mark 1:16-20Mark 3:16Mark 3:18

Mark 1:1717Jesus said to them, “Follow me, and I will turn you into fishers of people!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 5:10Matt 4:19-20Acts 2:38-41Ezek 47:10

Mark 1:1818They left their nets immediately and followed him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 14:33Luke 18:28-30Luke 5:11Mark 10:28-31Matt 19:27-30Phil 3:8

Mark 1:1919Going on a little farther, he saw James, the son of Zebedee, and John his brother in their boat mending nets.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 1:13Acts 12:2Mark 10:35Mark 14:33Mark 3:17Mark 5:37Mark 9:2Matt 4:21

Mark 1:2020Immediately he called them, and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 14:26Mark 10:29Matt 10:371 Kgs 19:202 Cor 5:16Matt 4:21-22Matt 8:21-22Deut 33:9

Mark 1:2121Then they went to Capernaum. When the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began to teach.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 6:2Mark 1:39Matt 4:23Acts 13:14-52Acts 17:2Acts 18:4Matt 4:13Luke 10:15Luke 13:10Luke 4:16

Mark 1:2222The people there were amazed by his teaching, because he taught them like one who had authority, not like the experts in the law.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 7:28-29Matt 13:54Luke 4:32Acts 6:10Jer 23:29John 7:46Luke 21:152 Cor 4:2Acts 9:21-22Heb 4:12-13

Mark 1:2323Just then there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit, and he cried out,Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 9:25Luke 4:33-37Mark 1:34Mark 5:2Mark 7:25Matt 12:43

Mark 1:2424“Leave us alone, Jesus the Nazarene! Have you come to destroy us? I know who you are—the Holy One of God!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jas 2:19Matt 8:29Acts 3:14Luke 4:34Rev 3:7Acts 2:27Luke 8:28Mark 5:7Ps 16:10John 6:69

Mark 1:2525But Jesus rebuked him: “Silence! Come out of him!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 1:34Acts 16:17Luke 4:41Mark 3:11-12Mark 9:25Luke 4:35Ps 50:16

Mark 1:2626After throwing him into convulsions, the unclean spirit cried out with a loud voice and came out of him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 9:26Mark 9:20Luke 11:22Luke 9:39Luke 9:42

Mark 1:2727They were all amazed so that they asked each other, “What is this? A new teaching with authority! He even commands the unclean spirits and they obey him.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 9:1Mark 7:37Matt 15:31Luke 4:36Matt 9:33Mark 10:24Mark 10:32Matt 12:22-23Luke 10:17-20

Mark 1:2828So the news about him spread quickly throughout all the region around Galilee.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 4:37Matt 9:31Luke 4:17Mark 1:45Matt 4:24Mic 5:4

Mark 1:2929Now as soon as they left the synagogue, they entered Simon and Andrew’s house, with James and John.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 8:14-15Luke 4:38-39Mark 1:21Luke 9:58Mark 1:23

Mark 1:3030Simon’s mother-in-law was lying down, sick with a fever, so they spoke to Jesus at once about her.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 9:5Jas 5:14-15John 11:3Mark 5:23

Mark 1:3131He came and raised her up by gently taking her hand. Then the fever left her and she began to serve them.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 9:41Luke 8:2-3Mark 5:41Ps 103:1-3Ps 116:12Mark 15:41

Mark 1:3232When it was evening, after sunset, they brought to him all who were sick and demon-possessed.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 8:16Luke 4:40Mark 3:2Matt 4:24Mark 1:21

Mark 1:3333The whole town gathered by the door.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 13:44Mark 1:5

Mark 1:3434So he healed many who were sick with various diseases and drove out many demons. But he would not permit the demons to speak, because they knew him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 4:41Mark 3:12Acts 16:16-18Matt 4:23Mark 1:25

Mark 1:3535Then Jesus got up early in the morning when it was still very dark, departed, and went out to a deserted place, and there he spent time in prayer.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 6:12Luke 5:16Luke 22:39-46Eph 6:18Ps 5:3John 6:15Heb 5:7Matt 14:23Mark 6:46-48Luke 4:42-43

Mark 1:3636Simon and his companions searched for him.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

Mark 1:3737When they found him, they said, “Everyone is looking for you.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 12:19John 11:48John 3:26Mark 1:5Zech 11:11

Mark 1:3838He replied, “Let us go elsewhere, into the surrounding villages, so that I can preach there too. For that is what I came out here to do.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 4:43Isa 61:1-3John 17:8John 16:28John 17:4Luke 2:49Luke 4:18-21John 9:4

Mark 1:3939So he went into all of Galilee preaching in their synagogues and casting out demons.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 4:23Mark 1:21Luke 4:41Luke 4:43-44Mark 7:30

Mark 1:4040Now a leper came to him and fell to his knees, asking for help. “If you are willing, you can make me clean,” he said.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 5:12-14Matt 8:2-4Lev 13:1-142 Sam 3:29Matt 17:14Mark 9:22-23Deut 24:8-9Mark 10:172 Kgs 15:52 Kgs 5:5-27

Mark 1:4141Moved with indignation, Jesus stretched out his hand and touched him, saying, “I am willing. Be clean!”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 9:36Heb 2:17Heb 4:15Mark 5:41Mark 6:34Gen 1:3Heb 1:3Luke 7:12-13Mark 4:39Ps 33:9

Mark 1:4242The leprosy left him at once, and he was clean.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 15:3John 4:50-53Mark 1:31Mark 5:29Matt 15:28Ps 33:9

Mark 1:4343Immediately Jesus sent the man away with a very strong warning.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 9:30Luke 8:56Mark 3:12Mark 5:43Mark 7:36

Mark 1:4444He told him, “See that you do not say anything to anyone, but go, show yourself to a priest, and bring the offering that Moses commanded for your cleansing, as a testimony to them.”Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Lev 14:1-32Luke 17:14Matt 8:41 Cor 10:11Luke 5:14Rom 15:4Matt 23:2-3

Mark 1:4545But as the man went out he began to announce it publicly and spread the story widely, so that Jesus was no longer able to enter any town openly but stayed outside in remote places. Still they kept coming to him from everywhere.Copy LinkKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 2:13Matt 9:31John 6:2Luke 5:15-17Ps 77:11Mark 2:1-2Mark 3:7Matt 28:15Titus 1:10

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