NET Bible
"He went into all the region around the Jordan River, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins."
— Luke 3:3, NET Bible
“And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;”
“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.”
“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;”
The Ministry of John the Baptist In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip was tetrarch of the region of Iturea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias was tetrarch of Abilene,
during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
He went into all the region around the Jordan River, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
As it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah,“The voice of one shouting in the wilderness:‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.
Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be brought low, and the crooked will be made straight, and the rough ways will be made smooth,
and all humanity will see the salvation of God.’”