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Mark 1

2 The office, doctrine and life of John the Baptiste. 9 Christ is baptised, 13 And tempted 14 He preacheth 17 Calleth the fishers 23 Christ healeth the man with the uncleane spirit. 27 New doctrine 29 He healeth Peter’s mother in law. 34 The devils know him 41 He clenseth the leper, and healeth divers others.
1.The abeginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God:
2.As it is written in the Prophets, *Behold, I send my bmessenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.
3.*The voice of him that cryeth in the wilderness is, cPrepare the way of the Lord: make his paths straight.
4.*John did baptise in the wilderness, and dpreach the baptism of amendment of life, for remission of sinnes.
5.And all the country of Judea, and they of Jerusalem went out unto him, and were all baptised of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sinnes.
6.Now John was clothed with camel’s heere, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins: and he did eat ^*locusts and wild honey,
7.*And preached, saying, A stronger then I, cometh after me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthie to stoup down, and unlose.
8.Trueth it is, I have *baptised you with ewater: but he will baptise you with the holie Ghost.
9.*And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazaret a city of Galile, and was baptised of John in Jordan.
10.And assone as ^he was come out of the water, John saw the heavens cloven in twain, and the fholie Ghost descending upon him like a dove.
11.Then there was a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved gSon, in whom I am well pleased.
12.*And immediately the ^Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.
13.And he was there in the wilderness forty days, and was htempted of Satan: he was also with the wild beasts, and the Angels ministered unto him.
14.*Now after that John was committed to prison, Jesus came into Galile, preaching ithe Gospel of the kingdom of God,
15.And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent and believe the Gospel.
16.*And as he walked by the ^sea of Galile, he saw Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea, (for they were fishers.)
17.Then Jesus said unto them, Follow me, and I will make you to be kfishers of men.
18.And straight way they forsook their nets, and followed him.
19.And when he had gone a little further thence, he saw James the son of Zebedeus, and John his brother, as they were in the ship, mending their nets.
20.And anone he called them: and they left their father Zebedeus in the ship with his hyred servants, and went their way after him.
21.¶ So *they entered into Capernaum, and straight way on the Sabbath day he entered into the Synagogue and taught.
22.And they were astonied at his doctrine: *for he taught them as one that had authority, and lnot as the Scribes.
23.¶ And there was in their Synagogue a man which had an unclean spirit, and he cried,
24.Saying, Ah, what have we to do with thee, ô Jesus of Nazaret? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee what thou art, even that holie one of God.
25.And Jesus rebuked him, saying, mHold thy peace, and come out of him.
26.And the unclean spirit tare him, and cried with a loud voice, and came out of him.
27.And they were all amazed, so that they demanded one of another, saying, What thing is this? what nnew doctrine is this? for he commandeth the foul spirits with authority, and they obey him.
28.And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region bordering on Galile.
29.*And assone as they were come out of the Synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon & Andrewe, with James & John.
30.And Simon’s wive’s mother in law lay sick of a fever, and anone they told him of her.
31.And he came and took her by the hand, and lift her up, and the fever forsook her by and by, and she ministered unto them.
32.And when even was come, and the sun was down, they brought to him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils.
33.And the whole city was gathered together at the door.
34.And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases: and he cast out many devils, and osuffered not the devils to say that they knewe him.
35.And in the morning very early, ^before day Jesus arose and went out into a solitary place, and there prayed.
36.And Simon, and they that were with him, followed after him.
37.And when they had found him, they said unto him, All men seek for thee.
38.Then he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for I came out for that purpose.
39.And he preached in their Synagogues, throughout all Galile, and cast the devils out.
40.*And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeled down unto him, and said to him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.
41.And Jesus had compassion, and put forth his hand, and touched him, and said to him, I will: be thou clean.
42.And assone as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.
43.And after he had given him a strict pcommandment, he sent him away forthwith,
44.And said unto him, See thou say nothing to any man, but get thee hence, and shewe thy self to qthe *Priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things, which Moses commanded, for a rtestimonial unto them.
45.But when he was departed, *he began to tell many things, and to publish the matter: so that Jesus scould no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.

Notes

1-a.
He shows that John Baptist was the first preacher of the Gospel.
2-*.
Mal. 3.1.
2-b.
In Greek, Angel, or Ambassador.
3-*.
Is. 40.3, Lk.3.4, John 1.15.
3-c.
Take away all lets, which might hinder Christ to come to you.
4-*.
Mt.3.6.
4-d.
He did both baptise and preach, but preached first, and after baptised, as appears by Mt. 3.1: so that the order is here inverted, which thing is common in the Scriptures.
6-*.
Lev. 11.22.
6-^.
Or, grasshoppers.
7-*.
Mt. 3.11, Lk. 3.16, John 1.27.
8-*.
Act. 1.5, 2.4, 11.16, and 19.2.
8-e.
He declares that he is but the minister of the outward sign, and that it is Jesus Christ that gives the force and virtue.
9-*.
Mt. 3.13, Lk. 3.21, John 1.33.
10-^.
Or, Jesus.
10-f.
This was done for the confirmation of John and them that stood by.
11-g.
The Father bears witness that Christ is the very Son of God.
12-*.
Mt. 4.1, Lk. 4.1.
12-^.
Or, the holie Ghost.
13-h.
Christ would be tempted to persuade us, that he will help them that be tempted, Ebr. 2.18.
14-*.
Mt. 4.12, Lk. 4.14, John 4.43.
14-i.
By the which Gospel he will rule and reign over all.
16-*.
Mt. 4.18, Lk. 5.2.
16-^.
Or, lake.
17-k.
To draw them from perdition.
21-*.
Mt. 4.13 and 23, Lk. 4.31.
22-*.
Mt. 7.28, Lk. 4.32.
22-l.
Whose doctrine was dead, and nothing savoured of the spirit.
25-m.
Christ would not suffer the father of lies to bear witness to the truth.
27-n.
They refer the miracle to the kind of doctrine, and so marvel at it, as a new and strange thing, and do not consider the power of Christ, who is the author of the one and the other.
29-*.
Mt. 8.14, Lk. 4.38.
34-o.
Christ would not have such witnesses to preach him and his Gospel. So Paul was offended that the Pythonesse should testify of him, Act 16.18.
35-^.
Or, being yet night.
40-*.
Mt. 8.2, Lk. 5.12.
43-p.
Forbidding him to tell any man, because as yet his time was not come to be known.
44-*.
Lev. 14.2.
44-q.
It belonged to the Priest to know if a man were healed of the leprosy.
44-r.
To take all manner of excuse from them.
45-*.
Lk. 5.15.
45-s.
The press was so great, that he should have been thronged.