Luke 3:3-4 He went into the whole region around the Jordan River proclaiming that those immersed on the basis of their repentance i.e., determining to change their hearts and lives would receive the forgiveness of sins from God.

AUV⁽ⁱ⁾ ³ He went into the whole region around the Jordan River proclaiming that those immersed on the basis of their repentance [i.e., determining to change their hearts and lives] would receive the forgiveness of sins [from God]. ⁴ This was according to what is written in the book containing the words of Isaiah, the prophet [Isa. 40:3ff], “The voice of a man who speaks out in the desert [urging people] to make the road for the Lord ready [for Him to travel]; to make a straight pathway for Him [to walk on].