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The beginning [of the facts] of the good news (the Gospel) of Jesus Christ, [a]the Son of God.

[b]Just as it is written in the prophet Isaiah: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will make ready Your way—(A)

A voice of one crying in the wilderness [shouting in the desert], Prepare the way of the Lord, make His [c]beaten tracks straight (level and passable)!(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Mark 1:1 Some manuscripts do not contain this phrase.
  2. Mark 1:2 Kenneth Wuest, Word Studies in the Greek New Testament.
  3. Mark 1:3 James Moulton and George Milligan, The Vocabulary of the Greek Testament.

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