Mark 1:4
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 1:4-6 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 1:4 King James Version (KJV)
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
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 1:4 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 1:4 American Standard Version (ASV)
John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins.
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 1:4 New King James Version (NKJV)
John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Mark 1:4 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].