Mark 1:4-5 John was in the wilderness, baptizing and preaching the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

Lamsa⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ John was in the wilderness, baptizing and preaching the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins, ⁵ And the whole province of Judaea went out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and he baptized them in the river Jordan, when they confessed their sins.