Mark 1:4,7
Mark 1:4-6 The Message (MSG)
John the Baptizer appeared in the wild, preaching a baptism of life-change that leads to forgiveness of sins. People thronged to him from Judea and Jerusalem and, as they confessed their sins, were baptized by him in the Jordan River into a changed life. John wore a camel-hair habit, tied at the waist with a leather belt. He ate locusts and wild field honey.
Mark 1:7-8 The Message (MSG)
As he preached he said, “The real action comes next: The star in this drama, to whom I’m a mere stagehand, will change your life. I’m baptizing you here in the river, turning your old life in for a kingdom life. His baptism—a holy baptism by the Holy Spirit—will change you from the inside out.”
Mark 1:4 King James Version (KJV)
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Mark 1:7 King James Version (KJV)
and preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
Mark 1:4 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Mark 1:7 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
And he was preaching, and saying, “After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the thong of His sandals.
Mark 1:4 New Century Version (NCV)
John was baptizing people in the desert and preaching a baptism of changed hearts and lives for the forgiveness of sins.
Mark 1:7 New Century Version (NCV)
This is what John preached to the people: “There is one coming after me who is greater than I; I am not good enough even to kneel down and untie his sandals.
Mark 1:4 American Standard Version (ASV)
John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins.
Mark 1:7 American Standard Version (ASV)
And he preached, saying, There cometh after me he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
Mark 1:4 New International Version (NIV)
And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Mark 1:7 New International Version (NIV)
And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
Mark 1:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Mark 1:7 New King James Version (NKJV)
And he preached, saying, “There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.
Mark 1:4 Amplified Bible (AMP)
John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins [that is, requiring a change of one’s old way of thinking, turning away from sin and seeking God and His righteousness].
Mark 1:7 Amplified Bible (AMP)
And he was preaching, saying, “After me comes He who is mightier [more powerful, more noble] than I, and I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the straps of His sandals [even as His slave].
Mark 1:4 New Living Translation (NLT)
This messenger was John the Baptist. He was in the wilderness and preached that people should be baptized to show that they had repented of their sins and turned to God to be forgiven.
Mark 1:7 New Living Translation (NLT)
John announced: “Someone is coming soon who is greater than I am—so much greater that I’m not even worthy to stoop down like a slave and untie the straps of his sandals.
Mark 1:4 The Passion Translation (TPT)
John the Baptizer was the messenger who appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the complete cancellation of sins.
Mark 1:7 The Passion Translation (TPT)
And this is the message he kept preaching: “There is a man coming after me who is greater and a lot more powerful than I am. I’m not even worthy to bend down and untie the strap of his sandals.
Mark 1:4 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
