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


In Context

1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar--when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and Traconitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene--

2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the desert.

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

4 As is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: "A voice of one calling in the desert, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.

5 Every valley shall be filled in, every mountain and hill made low. The crooked roads shall become straight, the rough ways smooth.

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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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