Mark 1:4-5 John was in the desert, baptizing and preaching the baptism of penance, unto remission of sins.

DouayRheims⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ John was in the desert, baptizing and preaching the baptism of penance, unto remission of sins. ⁵ And there went out to him all the country of Judea and all they of Jerusalem and were baptized by him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.