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


In Context

1 Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanius the tetrarch of Abilene,

2 Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came to John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

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

4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

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 shall be made 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 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 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 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;