the country.

Matthew 3:5
People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.

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

John 1:28
All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

John 3:26
So John's disciples came to him and said, "Look, Rabbi, the One who was with you beyond the Jordan, the One you testified about--He is baptizing, and everyone is going to Him."

preaching.

Matthew 3:6, 11
Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River. . . .

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

John 1:31-33
I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel." . . .

Acts 13:24
Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Acts 19:4
Paul explained: "John's baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus."

Acts 22:16
And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.'

for.

Luke 1:77
to give to His people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,