King James Version
"And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;"
— Luke 3:3, King James Version
“And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto 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 Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye 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 be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.