Luke 3:3
Luke 3:1-6 The Message (MSG)
In the fifteenth year of the rule of Caesar Tiberius—it was while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea; Herod, ruler of Galilee; his brother Philip, ruler of Iturea and Trachonitis; Lysanias, ruler of Abilene; during the Chief-Priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas—John, Zachariah’s son, out in the desert at the time, received a message from God. He went all through the country around the Jordan River preaching a baptism of life-change leading to forgiveness of sins, as described in the words of Isaiah the prophet: Thunder in the desert! “Prepare God’s arrival! Make the road smooth and straight! Every ditch will be filled in, Every bump smoothed out, The detours straightened out, All the ruts paved over. Everyone will be there to see The parade of God’s salvation.”
Luke 3:3 King James Version (KJV)
And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins
Luke 3:3 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins
Luke 3:3 New Century Version (NCV)
He went all over the area around the Jordan River preaching a baptism of changed hearts and lives for the forgiveness of sins.
Luke 3:3 American Standard Version (ASV)
And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins
Luke 3:3 New International Version (NIV)
He went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
Luke 3:3 New King James Version (NKJV)
And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins
Luke 3:3 Amplified Bible (AMP)
And he went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sin
Luke 3:3 New Living Translation (NLT)
Then John went from place to place on both sides of the Jordan River, preaching that people should be baptized to show that they had repented of their sins and turned to God to be forgiven.