Mark 1:4
John the Baptizer appeared in the desert and was preaching a baptism conditioned on repentance to obtain the forgiveness of sins.
Luke 1:77
to give His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins.
Matthew 3:1-2
In those days John the Baptist appeared, and kept preaching in the desert of Judea,
Matthew 3:6
and were baptized by him in the Jordan River, as one by one they continued to confess their sins.
Matthew 3:11
I am baptizing you in water to picture your repentance. But He that is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not fit to carry His shoes. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire;
Luke 3:2-3
in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the message of God came to John, the son of Zechariah, in the desert.
John 3:23
But John too was baptizing people at Aenon, near Salim, for there was plenty of water there, and so the people were coming and being baptized.
Acts 10:37
You know the story yourselves that spread all over Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John preached,
Acts 13:24-25
as John, before His coming, had already preached baptism as an expression of repentance, for all the people of Israel.
Acts 19:3-4
He then asked, "With what sort of baptism then were you baptized?" They answered, "With John's baptism."
Acts 22:16
And now, why are you waiting? Get up and be baptized and wash your sins away by calling on His name.'