Mark 1:7-9
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
7 And this is what he proclaimed: “One mightier than I is coming after me. I am not worthy to stoop and loosen the thongs of his sandals. 8 [a](A)I have baptized you with water; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit.”
The Baptism of Jesus. 9 (B)It happened in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John.
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- 1:8–9 Through the life-giving baptism with the holy Spirit (Mk 1:8), Jesus will create a new people of God. But first he identifies himself with the people of Israel in submitting to John’s baptism of repentance and in bearing on their behalf the burden of God’s decisive judgment (Mk 1:9; cf. Mk 1:4). As in the desert of Sinai, so here in the wilderness of Judea, Israel’s sonship with God is to be renewed.
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