⁵ And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, ^(A)confessing their sins.

¹⁸ Also many of those who were now believers came, ^(A)confessing and divulging their practices.

⁴⁰ “But if ^(A)they confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their fathers in their treachery that they ^(B)committed against me, and also in walking contrary to me, ⁴¹ so that I walked contrary to them and brought them into the land of their enemies—if then their ^(C)uncircumcised heart is ^(D)humbled and they make amends for their iniquity, ⁴² then I will ^(E)remember my covenant with Jacob, and I will remember my covenant with Isaac and my covenant with Abraham, and I will ^(F)remember the land.

³⁸ And Peter said to them, ^(A)“Repent and ^(B)be baptized every one of you ^(C)in the name of Jesus Christ ^(D)for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive ^(E)the gift of the Holy Spirit.

^8 (A)If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and ^(B)the truth is not in us. ^9 (C)If we confess our sins, he is ^(D)faithful and just to forgive us our sins and ^(E)to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. ¹⁰ If we say we have not sinned, ^(F)we make him a liar, and ^(G)his word is not in us.

²³ John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming and being baptized

²⁸ These things took place in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

^25 (A)And great crowds followed him from Galilee and the ^(B)Decapolis, and from Jerusalem and Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.

⁵ Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him, ⁶ and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, ^(A)confessing their sins.