John appeared baptizing in the desert and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, as there was plenty of water there, and people came to him and were baptized
and got baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
to bring his people the knowledge of salvation through the remission of their sins
And now, why do you wait? Get up and be baptized and wash away your sins, invoking his name.'
you know how it spread over the whole of Judaea, starting from Galilee after the baptism preached by John —
I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals; he will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.
and the whole of Judaea and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him and got baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.