Mark 1:4-5 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

BSB⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. ⁵ People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.