Mark 1:4

New Century Version

John was baptizing people in the desert and preaching a baptism of changed hearts and lives for the forgiveness of sins.

Cross References

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water to show that your hearts and lives have changed. But there is one coming after me who is greater than I am, whose sandals I am not good enough to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Matthew 3:6

They confessed their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan River.

Mark 1:5

All the people from Judea and Jerusalem were going out to him. They confessed their sins and were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

Luke 1:77

You will make his people know that they will be saved by having their sins forgiven.

John 3:23

John was also baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were going there to be baptized.

Acts 10:37

You know what has happened all over Judea, beginning in Galilee after John preached to the people about baptism.

Acts 22:16

Now, why wait any longer? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, trusting in him to save you.’