Mark 1:4-6

Contemporary English Version

⁴ So John the Baptist showed up in the desert and told everyone, “Turn back to God and be baptized! Then your sins will be forgiven.”

⁵ From all Judea and Jerusalem crowds of people went to John. They told how sorry they were for their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan River.

^6 (A) John wore clothes made of camel's hair. He had a leather strap around his waist and ate grasshoppers and wild honey.