Mark 1:4

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John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

In those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the Wilderness of Judea [along the western side of the Dead Sea] and saying,

in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas [his son-in-law], the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness.

Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was an abundance of water there; and people were coming and were being baptized—

you know the things that have taken place throughout Judea, starting in Galilee after the baptism preached by John—

Before His coming John [the Baptist] had preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

And he asked, “Into what then were you baptized?” They said, “Into John’s baptism.”

Now, why do you delay? Get up and be baptized, and wash away your sins by calling on His name [for salvation].’