Mark 1:3-5
Names of God Bible
3 “A voice cries out in the desert:
‘Prepare the way for the Lord!
Make his paths straight!’”
4 John the Baptizer was in the desert telling people about a baptism of repentance[a] for the forgiveness of sins. 5 All Judea and all the people of Jerusalem went to him. As they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River.
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- Mark 1:4 “Repentance” is turning to God with a complete change in the way a person thinks and acts.
Mark 1:3-5
New International Version
3 “a voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.’”[a](A)
4 And so John the Baptist(B) appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance(C) for the forgiveness of sins.(D) 5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
Footnotes
- Mark 1:3 Isaiah 40:3
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