On Sunday, we had the first eleven verses of Mark, words about John the Baptist and his ministry, the baptism of Jesus by John, “the heavens being ripped apart,” and the words of the Father for Jesus, “You are my beloved son; in you I have taken delight.”[1] We should have heard the next two verses that complete the story of Jesus’ baptism: “And immediately the Spirit cast [Jesus] out into the wilderness, and he was in the wilderness forty days, begin tested by Satan; and he was with the wild animals; and the angels were serving him.”[2]
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