⁴ John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, ^[b](B)preaching a baptism of repentance for the ^(C)forgiveness of sins. ⁵ And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

⁴ John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, ^[b](B)preaching a baptism of repentance for the ^(C)forgiveness of sins. ⁵ And all the country of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

³ And he came into all ^(A)the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance ^[a]for the forgiveness of sins;

⁴⁷ and that ^(A)repentance ^[a]for forgiveness of sins would be proclaimed ^[b]in His name to ^(B)all the nations, beginning from Jerusalem.

²⁵ whom God displayed publicly as ^(A)a ^[a]propitiation ^[b](B)in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, ^[c]because in God’s merciful ^(C)restraint He ^(D)let the sins previously committed go unpunished;