Luke 3:3
Good News Translation
So John went throughout the whole territory of the Jordan River, preaching, "Turn away from your sins and be baptized, and God will forgive your sins."

New Revised Standard Version
He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

Contemporary English Version
So John went along the Jordan Valley, telling the people, "Turn back to God and be baptized! Then your sins will be forgiven."

New American Bible
He went throughout [the] whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance for the remission of sins.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance for the remission of sins.

the country.

Matthew 3:5 Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the country about Jordan:

Mark 1:4,5 John was in the desert, baptizing and preaching the baptism of penance, unto remission of sins. . . .

John 1:28 These things were done in Bethania, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

John 3:26 And they came to John and said to him: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony: behold, he baptizeth and all men come to him.

preaching.

Matthew 3:6,11 And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. . . .

Mark 1:4 John was in the desert, baptizing and preaching the baptism of penance, unto remission of sins.

John 1:31-33 And I knew him not: but that he may be made manifest in Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. . . .

Acts 13:24 John first preaching, before his coming, the baptism of penance to all the people of Israel.

Acts 19:4 Then Paul said: John baptized the people with the baptism of penance saying: That they should believe in him, who was to come after him, that is to say, in Jesus.

Acts 22:16 And now why tarriest thou? Rise up and be baptized and wash away thy sins, invoking his name.

for.

Luke 1:77 To give knowledge of salvation to his people, unto the remission of their sins.

Context
The Mission of John the Baptist
2Under the high priests Anna and Caiphas: the word of the Lord was made unto John, the son of Zachary, in the desert. 3And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance for the remission of sins. 4As it was written in the book of the sayings of Isaias the prophet: A voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.…
Cross References
Matthew 3:5
Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the country about Jordan:

Luke 1:16
And he shall convert many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.

Luke 4:1
And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the Jordan and was led the by the spirit into the desert,

Acts 13:24
John first preaching, before his coming, the baptism of penance to all the people of Israel.

Luke 3:2
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