New Testament · SCRIPTURE
Luke 3:3
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He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
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And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
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He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;
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And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance unto forgiveness of sins,
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Luke 3
1 In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
2 during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the wilderness.
3 He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,
4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.
5 Every valley shall be filled in, and every mountain and hill made low. The crooked ways shall be made straight, and the rough ways smooth.
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