Luke 3:3 - Contemporary English Version Interconfessional Edition

³ So John went along the Jordan Valley, telling the people, “Turn back to God and be baptized! Then your sins will be forgiven.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³ And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³ And he went into all the country round about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance (of hearty amending of their ways, with abhorrence of past wrongdoing) unto the forgiveness of sin.

American Standard Version (1901)

³ And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;

Common English Bible

³ John went throughout the region of the Jordan River, calling for people to be baptized to show that they were changing their hearts and lives and wanted God to forgive their sins.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³ And he went into the entire region of the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins,

Luke 3:3 Tagairtí Cros

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.

Luke 1:16

John will lead many people in Israel to turn back to the Lord their God.

Luke 1:77

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

Luke 4:1

When Jesus returned from the Jordan River, the power of the Holy Spirit was with him, and the Spirit led him into the desert.

John 1:28

John said this as he was baptizing east of the Jordan River in Bethany.

John 3:26

They went to John and said, “Rabbi, you spoke about a man when you were with him east of the Jordan. He is now baptizing people, and everyone is going to him.”

Acts 13:24

But before Jesus came, John was telling everyone in Israel to turn back to God and be baptized.

Acts 19:4

Paul replied, “John baptized people so they would turn to God. But he also told them someone else was coming, and they should put their faith in him. Jesus is the one that John was talking about.”

Acts 22:16

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