4There came John baptising in the wilderness, and preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.


In Context

1 Beginning of the glad tidings of Jesus Christ, Son of God;

2 as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way.

3 Voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

4 There came John baptising in the wilderness, and preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.

5 And there went out to him all the district of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem, and were baptised by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

6 And John was clothed in camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey.

Mark 1:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

1:4And so John came, baptizing in the desert region and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

1:4John was in the desert baptizing, and preaching the baptism of penance, unto remission of sins.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

1:4John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

1:4John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4John was baptizing in the wilderness, and preaching the baptism of repentance, for the remission of sins.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

1:4John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation — to remission of sins,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

1:4John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.