Mark 1:4

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

Now in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the Judean wilderness

in the time of the high priest Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness.

Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and they were coming and were being baptized.

you know the thing that happened throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism that John proclaimed:

Before {his coming} John had publicly proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

And he said, "Into what then were you baptized?" And they said, "Into the baptism of John."

And now why are you delaying? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name!'