Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Bible References
I knew
Luke 1:80
And the child grew up and became strong in the Spirit, and he lived in the desert until the day when he proclaimed himself to Israel.
Luke 2:39
When they had done everything that the Law of the Lord required, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.
But
John 1:7
He came to give testimony, to testify to the light, so that everyone might come to believe in it through him.
Luke 1:17
He will go before him with the spirit and the power of Elijah, to reconcile fathers to their children, and to bring the disobedient back to the wisdom of upright men, to make a people perfectly ready for the Lord."
Therefore
Matthew 3:6
and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River, in acknowledgment of their sins.
Mark 1:3
Hark! Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Get the Lord's way ready, Make his paths straight,' "
Luke 3:3
And he went all through the Jordan Valley preaching repentance and baptism in order to obtain the forgiveness of sins,
Acts 19:4
"John's baptism was a baptism in token of repentance," said Paul, "and he told the people to believe in him who was to follow him, that is, in Jesus."