Mark 1:38-39

³⁸Jesus said, "Let''s go to the rest of the villages so I can preach there also. This is why I''ve come."o

³⁹He went to their meeting places all through Galilee, preaching and throwing out the demons.

Mark 1 launches the Gospel with explosive urgency. John the Baptist prepares the way in the wilderness, baptizing and proclaiming one greater to come. Jesus appears, is baptized, and immediately driven into the wilderness for testing. He then bursts onto the scene in Galilee, callin