John the Baptist Prepares the Way

Mark 1

1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, a the Son of God. 1

2 b As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, 2
c "Behold, I send my messenger before your face,
who will prepare your way,
 3 d the voice of one crying in the wilderness:
e 'Prepare 3 the way of the Lord,
make his paths straight,'"

4 f John appeared, baptizing in g the wilderness and proclaiming h a baptism of i repentance j for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, k confessing their sins. 6 Now John was l clothed with camel's hair and l wore a leather belt around his waist and ate m locusts and n wild honey. 7 And he preached, saying, o "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 p I have baptized you with water, but q he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 14:33
    And those in the boat worshiped him, saying, "Truly you are the Son of God.
  2. Cross References
    Mark 1:2 - 8
    As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way.
    Matthew 3:1 - 11
    In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea.
    Luke 3:2 - 16
    During the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
  3. Cross References
    Matthew 11:10
    This is he of whom it is written, "'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.
    Luke 1:17
    And he will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared.
    Luke 1:76
    And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways.
    Luke 7:27
    This is he of whom it is written, "'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.
    Malachi 3:1
    Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
  4. Cross References
    Mark 1:2 - 8
    As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way.
    Matthew 3:1 - 12
    In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea.
    Luke 3:2 - 17
    During the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
  5. Cross References
    Malachi 3:1
    Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. And the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant in whom you delight, behold, he is coming, says the Lord of hosts.
  6. Cross References
    John 1:23
    He said, "I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said.
    Isaiah 40:3
    A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
  7. Cross References
    Luke 1:76
    And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways.
  8. Cross References
    Isaiah 40:3
    A voice cries: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord ; make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
  9. Cross References
    John 1:6 - 7
    There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
  10. Cross References
    Joshua 15:61
    In the wilderness, Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah.
    Judges 1:16
    And the descendants of the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah, which lies in the Negeb near Arad, and they went and settled with the people.
  11. Cross References
    Acts 2:38
    And Peter said to them, "Repent and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
  12. Cross References
    Mark 1:15
    And saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel.
  13. Cross References
    Matthew 26:28
    For this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.
    Luke 1:77
    To give knowledge of salvation to his people in the forgiveness of their sins.
  14. Cross References
    Acts 19:18
    Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices.
  15. Cross References
    2 Kings 1:8
    They answered him, "He wore a garment of hair, with a belt of leather about his waist." And he said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite.
    Zechariah 13:4
    On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
    Hebrews 11:37
    They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated -
  16. Cross References
    2 Kings 1:8
    They answered him, "He wore a garment of hair, with a belt of leather about his waist." And he said, "It is Elijah the Tishbite.
    Zechariah 13:4
    On that day every prophet will be ashamed of his vision when he prophesies. He will not put on a hairy cloak in order to deceive.
    Hebrews 11:37
    They were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated -
  17. Cross References
    Leviticus 11:22
    Of them you may eat: the locust of any kind, the bald locust of any kind, the cricket of any kind, and the grasshopper of any kind.
  18. Cross References
    1 Samuel 14:26
    And when the people entered the forest, behold, the honey was dropping, but no one put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath.
  19. Cross References
    John 1:15
    ( John bore witness about him, and cried out, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.'")
    John 1:27
    Even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.
    John 3:30 - 31
    He must increase, but I must decrease.
    Acts 13:25
    And as John was finishing his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but behold, after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.
  20. Cross References
    John 1:26
    John answered them, "I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know.
    Acts 1:5
    For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.
    Acts 11:16
    And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
  21. Cross References
    John 1:33
    I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.
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