Mark 1:4

Contemporary English Version 1995

So John the Baptist showed up in the desert and told everyone, “Turn back to God and be baptized! Then your sins will be forgiven.”

Cross References

John 3:23

John had not yet been put in jail. He was at Aenon near Salim, where there was a lot of water, and people were coming there for John to baptize them.

Matthew 3:6

They told how sorry they were for their sins, and he baptized them in the river.

Luke 1:77

You will tell his people that they can be saved when their sins are forgiven.

Acts 22:16

What are you waiting for? Get up! Be baptized, and wash away your sins by praying to the Lord.”

Acts 10:37

You surely know what happened everywhere in Judea. It all began in Galilee after John had told everyone to be baptized.

Matthew 3:11

I baptize you with water so you will give up your sins. But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Mark 1:5

From all Judea and Jerusalem crowds of people went to John. They told how sorry they were for their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan River.