Mark 1:4

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Matthew 3:11

I baptize you with water so that 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.

Matthew 3:6

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

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 River Jordan.

Luke 1:77

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

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.

Acts 10:37

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

Acts 22:16

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