“John came immersing in the wilderness, and proclaiming an immersion of conversion for forgiveness of sins,”— Mark 1:4 (LSV)
1A beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, Son of God.
2As it has been written in the Prophets: “Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, || Who will prepare Your way before You.
3A voice of one calling in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the LORD, || Make His paths straight.”
4John came immersing in the wilderness, and proclaiming an immersion of conversion for forgiveness of sins,
5and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and a girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,
7and he proclaimed, saying, “He comes—who is mightier than I—after me, of whom I am not worthy—having stooped down—to loose the strap of His sandals;