3And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance for the remission of sins;


In Context

1 NOW in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea, and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilina;

2 Under the high priests Annas and Caiphas; the word of the Lord was made unto John, the son of Zachary, in the desert.

3 And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance for the remission of sins;

4 As it was written in the book of the sayings of Isaias the prophet: A voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make straight his paths.

5 Every valley shall be filled; and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight; and the rough ways plain;

Luke 3:3 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:3And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:3He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:3And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3And he came into all the district round the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins,

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:3And he came into all the region round about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance, for the remission of sins;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:3and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation — to remission of sins,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:3And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;