American Standard Version
"And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins; "
— Luke 3:3, American Standard Version
“And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;”
“He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.”
“He went into all the region around the Jordan River, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.”
“And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance for the remission of sins.”
“And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.”
“And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;”
Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cæsar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judæa, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of the region of Ituræa and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
in the high-priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;
as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight.
Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways smooth;
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.