<vn='1'>The <sn="746">beginning</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s> of <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="5547">Christ</s>, the <sn="5207">Son</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>; </v>
<vn='2'><sn="5613">As</s> it is <sn="1125">written</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4396">prophets</s>, <sn="2400">Behold</s>, <sn="1473">I</s><sn="649">send</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="32">messenger</s><sn="4253">before</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="4383">face</s>, <sn="3739">which</s> shall <sn="2680">prepare</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="3598">way</s><sn="1715">before</s><sn="4675">thee</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>The <sn="5456">voice</s> of one <sn="994">crying</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2048">wilderness</s>, <sn="2090">Prepare</s> ye <sn="3588">the</s><sn="3598">way</s> of the <sn="2962">Lord</s>, <sn="4160">make</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="5147">paths</s><sn="2117">straight</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="2491">John</s><sn="1096">did</s><sn="907">baptize</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2048">wilderness</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2784">preach</s> the <sn="908">baptism</s> of <sn="3341">repentance</s><sn="1519">for</s> the <sn="859">remission</s> of <sn="266">sins</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="2532">And</s> there went <sn="1607">out</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="3956">all</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5561">land</s> of <sn="2449">Judea</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> they of <sn="2415">Jerusalem</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> were <sn="3956">all</s><sn="907">baptized</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4215">river</s> of <sn="2446">Jordan</s>, <sn="1843">confessing</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="266">sins</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="2491">John</s><sn="2258">was</s> clothed <sn="1746">with</s><sn="2574">camel</s> 's <sn="2359">hair</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> with a <sn="2223">girdle</s> of a <sn="1193">skin</s><sn="4012">about</s><sn="848">his</s><sn="3751">loins</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> he did <sn="2068">eat</s><sn="200">locusts</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="66">wild</s><sn="3192">honey</s>; </v>
<vn='7'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2784">preached</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, There <sn="2064">cometh</s><sn="3588">one</s><sn="2478">mightier</s> than <sn="3450">I</s><sn="3694">after</s><sn="3450">me</s>, <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2438">latchet</s> of <sn="848">whose</s><sn="5266">shoes</s><sn="*3739">I</s><sn="1510">am</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="2425">worthy</s> to stoop <sn="2955">down</s> and <sn="3089">unloose</s>. </v>
<vn='8'><sn="1473">I</s><sn="3303">indeed</s> have <sn="907">baptized</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1722">with</s><sn="5204">water</s>: <sn="1161">but</s><sn="846">he</s> shall <sn="907">baptize</s><sn="5209">you</s><sn="1722">with</s> the <sn="40">Holy</s><sn="4151">Ghost</s>. </v>
<vn='9'><sn="2532">And</s> it came to <sn="1096">pass</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="1565">those</s><sn="2250">days</s>, that <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="2064">came</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="3478">Nazareth</s> of <sn="1056">Galilee</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> was <sn="907">baptized</s><sn="5259">of</s><sn="2491">John</s><sn="1519">in</s><sn="2446">Jordan</s>. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2112">straightway</s> coming <sn="305">up</s> out <sn="575">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="5204">water</s>, he <sn="1492">saw</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3772">heavens</s><sn="4977">opened</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4151">Spirit</s><sn="5616">like</s> a <sn="4058">dove</s><sn="2597">descending</s><sn="1909">upon</s><sn="846">him</s>: </v>
<vn='11'><sn="2532">And</s> there <sn="1096">came</s> a <sn="5456">voice</s><sn="1537">from</s><sn="3772">heaven</s>, saying, <sn="4771">Thou</s><sn="1488">art</s><sn="3450">my</s><sn="27">beloved</s><sn="5207">Son</s>, <sn="1722">in</s><sn="3739">whom</s> I am well <sn="2106">pleased</s>. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="1161">Now</s><sn="3326">after</s> that <sn="2491">John</s> was put in <sn="3860">prison</s>, <sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="2064">came</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="1056">Galilee</s>, <sn="2784">preaching</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s> of <sn="3588">the</s><sn="932">kingdom</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>, </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3004">saying</s>, <sn="3588">The</s><sn="2540">time</s> is <sn="4137">fulfilled</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="932">kingdom</s> of <sn="2316">God</s> is at <sn="1448">hand</s>: <sn="3340">repent</s> ye, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4100">believe</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2098">gospel</s>. </v>
<vn='16'><sn="1161">Now</s> as he <sn="4043">walked</s><sn="3844">by</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2281">sea</s> of <sn="1056">Galilee</s>, he <sn="1492">saw</s><sn="4613">Simon</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="406">Andrew</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="80">brother</s><sn="906">casting</s> a <sn="293">net</s><sn="1722">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2281">sea</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> they <sn="2258">were</s><sn="231">fishers</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="2036">said</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>, <sn="1205">Come</s> ye <sn="3694">after</s><sn="3450">me</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> I will <sn="4160">make</s><sn="5209">you</s> to <sn="1096">become</s><sn="231">fishers</s> of <sn="444">men</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2112">straightway</s> they <sn="863">forsook</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="1350">nets</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="190">followed</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='19'><sn="2532">And</s> when he had <sn="4260">gone</s> a little <sn="3641">farther</s><sn="1564">thence</s>, he <sn="1492">saw</s><sn="2385">James</s><sn="3588">the</s> son of <sn="2199">Zebedee</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2491">John</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="80">brother</s>, <sn="846">who</s><sn="2532">also</s> were <sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4143">ship</s><sn="2675">mending</s> their <sn="1350">nets</s>. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2112">straightway</s> he <sn="2564">called</s><sn="846">them</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> they <sn="863">left</s><sn="848">their</s><sn="3962">father</s><sn="2199">Zebedee</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4143">ship</s><sn="3326">with</s><sn="3588">the</s> hired <sn="3411">servants</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="565">went</s><sn="3694">after</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='21'><sn="2532">And</s> they <sn="1531">went</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="2584">Capernaum</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2112">straightway</s> on <sn="3588">the</s> sabbath <sn="4521">day</s> he <sn="1525">entered</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4864">synagogue</s>, and <sn="1321">taught</s>. </v>
<vn='22'><sn="2532">And</s> they were <sn="1605">astonished</s><sn="1909">at</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="1322">doctrine</s>: <sn="1063">for</s> he <sn="2258 1321">taught</s><sn="846">them</s><sn="5613">as</s> one that <sn="2192">had</s><sn="1849">authority</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="5613">as</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1122">scribes</s>. </v>
<vn='23'><sn="2532">And</s> there <sn="2258">was</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">their</s><sn="4864">synagogue</s> a <sn="444">man</s><sn="1722">with</s> an <sn="169">unclean</s><sn="4151">spirit</s>; <sn="2532">and</s> he cried <sn="349">out</s>, </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3004">Saying</s>, Let us <sn="1436">alone</s>; what have we to do with <sn="5101 2254 2532 4671">thee</s>, thou <sn="2424">Jesus</s> of <sn="3479">Nazareth</s>? art thou <sn="2064">come</s> to <sn="622">destroy</s><sn="2248">us</s>? I <sn="1492">know</s><sn="4571">thee</s><sn="5101">who</s> thou <sn="1488">art</s>, <sn="3588">the</s> Holy <sn="40">One</s> of <sn="2316">God</s>. </v>
<vn='25'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s><sn="2008">rebuked</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="3004">saying</s>, Hold thy <sn="5392">peace</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="1831">come</s> out <sn="1537">of</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="2532">And</s> when <sn="3588">the</s><sn="169">unclean</s><sn="4151">spirit</s> had <sn="4682">torn</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2896">cried</s> with a <sn="3173">loud</s><sn="5456">voice</s>, he <sn="1831">came</s> out <sn="1537">of</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='27'><sn="2532">And</s> they were <sn="3956">all</s><sn="2284">amazed</s>, insomuch <sn="5620">that</s> they <sn="4802">questioned</s><sn="4314">among</s><sn="848">themselves</s><sn="3004">saying</s>, What <sn="5101">thing</s><sn="2076">is</s><sn="5124">this</s>? <sn="5101">what</s><sn="2537">new</s><sn="1322">doctrine</s> is <sn="3778">this</s>? <sn="3754">for</s><sn="2596">with</s><sn="1849">authority</s><sn="2004">commandeth</s> he <sn="2532">even</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="169">unclean</s><sn="4151">spirits</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> they do <sn="5219">obey</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='28'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="2117">immediately</s><sn="846">his</s><sn="189">fame</s> spread <sn="1831">abroad</s><sn="1519">throughout</s><sn="3650">all</s><sn="3588">the</s> region round <sn="4066">about</s><sn="1056">Galilee</s>. </v>
<vn='29'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="2112">forthwith</s>, when they were <sn="1831">come</s> out <sn="1537">of</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4864">synagogue</s>, they <sn="2064">entered</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3614">house</s> of <sn="4613">Simon</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="406">Andrew</s>, <sn="3326">with</s><sn="2385">James</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="2491">John</s>. </v>
<vn='30'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="4613">Simon</s> 's wife's <sn="3994">mother</s><sn="2621">lay</s> sick of a <sn="4445">fever</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2112">anon</s> they <sn="3004">tell</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="4012">of</s><sn="846">her</s>. </v>
<vn='31'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="4334">came</s> and <sn="2902">took</s><sn="846">her</s> by <sn="3588">the</s><sn="5495">hand</s>, and lifted her <sn="1453 846">up</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="2112">immediately</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="4446">fever</s><sn="863">left</s><sn="846">her</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> she <sn="1247">ministered</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='32'><sn="1161">And</s> at <sn="3798 1096">even</s>, <sn="3753">when</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2246">sun</s> did <sn="1416">set</s>, they <sn="5342">brought</s><sn="4314">unto</s><sn="846">him</s><sn="3956">all</s> that were <sn="2192 2560">diseased</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> them that were possessed with <sn="1139">devils</s>. </v>
<vn='34'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="2323">healed</s><sn="4183">many</s> that were <sn="2192 2560">sick</s> of <sn="4164">divers</s><sn="3554">diseases</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> cast <sn="1544">out</s><sn="4183">many</s><sn="1140">devils</s>; <sn="2532">and</s><sn="863">suffered</s><sn="3756">not</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="1140">devils</s> to <sn="2980">speak</s>, <sn="3754">because</s> they <sn="1492">knew</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='35'><sn="2532">And</s> in the <sn="1773">morning</s>, rising <sn="450">up</s> a great while before <sn="3029 4404">day</s>, he went <sn="1831">out</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="565">departed</s><sn="1519">into</s> a <sn="2048">solitary</s><sn="5117">place</s>, and <sn="2546">there</s><sn="4336">prayed</s>. </v>
<vn='36'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="4613">Simon</s><sn="2532">and</s><sn="3588">they</s> that were <sn="3326">with</s><sn="846">him</s> followed <sn="2614">after</s><sn="846">him</s>. </v>
<vn='37'><sn="2532">And</s> when they had <sn="2147">found</s><sn="846">him</s>, they <sn="3004">said</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="3956">All</s> men seek <sn="2212">for</s><sn="4571">thee</s>. </v>
<vn='38'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="3004">said</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>, Let us <sn="71">go</s><sn="1519">into</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="2192">next</s><sn="2969">towns</s>, <sn="2443">that</s> I may <sn="2784">preach</s> there <sn="2546">also</s>: <sn="1063">for</s><sn="1519 5124">therefore</s> came I <sn="1831">forth</s>. </v>
<vn='39'><sn="2532">And</s> he <sn="2258 2784">preached</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="846">their</s><sn="4864">synagogues</s><sn="1519">throughout</s><sn="3650">all</s><sn="1056">Galilee</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> cast <sn="1544">out</s><sn="1140">devils</s>. </v>
<vn='40'><sn="2532">And</s> there <sn="2064">came</s> a <sn="3015">leper</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="3870">beseeching</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> kneeling <sn="1120">down</s> to <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3004">saying</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="1437">If</s> thou <sn="2309">wilt</s>, thou <sn="1410">canst</s> make me <sn="2511 3165">clean</s>. </v>
<vn='41'><sn="1161">And</s><sn="2424">Jesus</s>, moved with <sn="4697">compassion</s>, put <sn="1614">forth</s> his <sn="5495">hand</s>, and <sn="680">touched</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="3004">saith</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, I <sn="2309">will</s>; be thou <sn="2511">clean</s>. </v>
<vn='42'><sn="2532">And</s>, as soon as <sn="846">he</s> had <sn="2036">spoken</s>, <sn="2112">immediately</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3014">leprosy</s><sn="565">departed</s><sn="575">from</s><sn="846">him</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> he was <sn="2511">cleansed</s>. </v>
<vn='43'><sn="2532">And</s> he straitly <sn="1690">charged</s><sn="846">him</s>, and <sn="2112">forthwith</s> sent him <sn="1544 846">away</s>; </v>
<vn='44'><sn="2532">And</s><sn="3004">saith</s> unto <sn="846">him</s>, <sn="3708">See</s> thou <sn="2036">say</s><sn="3367">nothing</s> to any <sn="3367">man</s>: <sn="235">but</s> go thy <sn="5217">way</s>, <sn="1166">show</s><sn="4572">thyself</s> to <sn="3588">the</s><sn="2409">priest</s>, <sn="2532">and</s><sn="4374">offer</s><sn="4012">for</s><sn="4675">thy</s><sn="2512">cleansing</s> those things <sn="3739">which</s><sn="3475">Moses</s><sn="4367">commanded</s>, <sn="1519">for</s> a <sn="3142">testimony</s> unto <sn="846">them</s>. </v>
<vn='45'><sn="1161">But</s><sn="3588">he</s> went <sn="1831">out</s>, and <sn="756">began</s> to <sn="2784">publish</s> it <sn="4183">much</s>, <sn="2532">and</s> to blaze <sn="1310">abroad</s><sn="3588">the</s><sn="3056">matter</s>, insomuch <sn="5620">that</s><sn="846">Jesus</s><sn="1410">could</s> no <sn="3371">more</s><sn="5320">openly</s><sn="1525">enter</s><sn="1519">into</s> the <sn="4172">city</s>, <sn="235">but</s><sn="2258">was</s><sn="1854">without</s><sn="1722">in</s><sn="2048">desert</s><sn="5117">places</s>: <sn="2532">and</s> they <sn="2064">came</s><sn="4314">to</s><sn="846">him</s> from every <sn="3836">quarter</s>. </v>