Mat 3:1, Mar 1:4, Luk 1:77 | ISV | STEP | John the Baptist Prepares the Way for Jesus In those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the wilderness of Judea

Matthew 3:1

1 John the Baptist Prepares the Way for Jesus Mark 1:1-8; Luke 3:1-9, 15-17; John 1:19-28In those days John the Baptist appeared, preaching in the wilderness of JudeaJosh 14:10; Mark 1:4, 15; Luke 3:2-3; John 1:28

4 John was baptizing in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.Matt 3:1; Luke 3:3; John 3:23

77 and to give his people the knowledge of salvationMark 1:4; Luke 3:3

through the forgiveness of their sins.