^4 (B)John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance ^[a]for the remission of sins. ^5 (C)Then all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

^3 (A)And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance ^(B)for the remission of sins,

⁴⁷ and that repentance and ^(A)remission of sins should be preached in His name ^(B)to all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

²⁵ whom God set forth ^(A)as a ^[a]propitiation ^(B)by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over ^(C)the sins that were previously committed,