Luke 3:3

New Century Version

He went all over the area around the Jordan River preaching a baptism of changed hearts and lives for the forgiveness of sins.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
He went into all the vicinity of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

King James Version (1611)
And he came into all the countrey about Iordane, preaching the baptisme of repentance, for the remissio of sinnes,

King James Version
And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;

English Standard Version
And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

New American Standard Bible
And he came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins;

Amplified Bible
And he went into all the country around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sin;

New American Standard Bible (1995)
And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins;

Legacy Standard Bible
And he came into all the district around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins;

Berean Standard Bible
He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

Contemporary English Version
So John went along the Jordan Valley, telling the people, "Turn back to God and be baptized! Then your sins will be forgiven."

Complete Jewish Bible
He went all through the Yarden region proclaiming an immersion involving turning to God from sin in order to be forgiven.

Darby Translation
And he came into all the district round the Jordan, preaching [the] baptism of repentance for [the] remission of sins,

Easy-to-Read Version
So he went through the whole area around the Jordan River and told the people God's message. He told them to be baptized to show that they wanted to change their lives, and then their sins would be forgiven.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And hee came into all the coastes about Iordan, preaching the baptisme of repentance for the remission of sinnes,

George Lamsa Translation
And he came throughout the country around Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins;

Good News Translation
So John went throughout the whole territory of the Jordan River, preaching, "Turn away from your sins and be baptized, and God will forgive your sins."

Lexham English Bible
And he went into all the surrounding region of the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

Literal Translation
And he came into the neighborhood of the Jordan proclaiming a baptism of repentance for remission of sins,

American Standard Version
And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;

Bible in Basic English
And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

Hebrew Names Version
He came into all the region around the Yarden, preaching the immersion of repentance to remission of sins.

International Standard Version
JohnHe">[fn] went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,Matthew 3:1; Mark 1:4; Luke 1:77;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And he came into the whole country about the Jurdan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

Murdock Translation
And he came into all the region about the Jordan, proclaiming the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he came into all the coastes about Iordane, preachyng the baptisme of repentaunce, for the remission of sinnes:

English Revised Version
And he came into all the region round about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;

World English Bible
He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance to remission of sins.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance, for the remission of sins:

Weymouth's New Testament
John went into all the district about the Jordan proclaiming a baptism of the penitent for the forgiveness of sins;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he cam in to al the cuntre of Jordan, and prechide baptym of penaunce in to remyssioun of synnes.

Update Bible Version
And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance to remission of sins;

Webster's Bible Translation
And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance, for the remission of sins;

New English Translation
He went into all the region around the Jordan River, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

New King James Version
And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins,

New Living Translation
Then John went from place to place on both sides of the Jordan River, preaching that people should be baptized to show that they had repented of their sins and turned to God to be forgiven.

New Life Bible
He went into all the country around the Jordan River. He preached that people should be baptized because they were sorry for their sins and had turned from them, and they would be forgiven.

New Revised Standard
He went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and he came into all the country about the Jordan, proclaiming an immersion of repentance into remission of sins:

Douay-Rheims Bible
And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance for the remission of sins.

Revised Standard Version
and he went into all the region about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
And he came in to all the coostes aboute Iordan preachynge the baptyme of repentaunce for the remission of synnes

Young's Literal Translation
and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he came in to all ye coastes aboute Iordan, and preached the baptyme of repetaunce for the remyssion of synnes.

Mace New Testament (1729)
in pursuance of which, he went into all the country about Jordan, exhorting all to repent and be baptized, in order to obtain the remission of their sins.

Simplified Cowboy Version
John did what God told him to and went along the Jordan Draw telling people, "Turn your lives back to God and be dunked in water for the forgiveness of your sorry ways."

Contextual Overview

¹ It was the fifteenth year of the rule of Tiberius Caesar. These men were under Caesar: Pontius Pilate, the ruler of Judea; Herod, the ruler of Galilee; Philip, Herod's brother, the ruler of Iturea and Traconitis; and Lysanias, the ruler of Abilene. ² Annas and Caiaphas were the high priests. At this time, the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the desert. ³ He went all over the area around the Jordan River preaching a baptism of changed hearts and lives for the forgiveness of sins. ⁴ As it is written in the book of Isaiah the prophet: "This is a voice of one who calls out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way for the Lord. Make the road straight for him. ⁵ Every valley should be filled in, and every mountain and hill should be made flat. Roads with turns should be made straight, and rough roads should be made smooth. ⁶ And all people will know about the salvation of God!'" Isaiah 40:3–5 ⁷ To the crowds of people who came to be baptized by John, he said, "You are all snakes! Who warned you to run away from God's coming punishment? ⁸ Do the things that show you really have changed your hearts and lives. Don't begin to say to yourselves, ‘Abraham is our father.' I tell you that God could make children for Abraham from these rocks. ⁹ The ax is now ready to cut down the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire." ¹⁰ The people asked John, "Then what should we do?"

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the country: Matthew 3:5, Mark 1:4, Mark 1:5, John 1:28, John 3:26

preaching: Matthew 3:6, Matthew 3:11, Mark 1:4, John 1:31-33, Acts 13:24, Acts 19:4, Acts 22:16

for: Luke 1:77

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 2:9 - Ram Isaiah 56:1 - for Malachi 3:1 - and he Matthew 3:3 - by Matthew 11:7 - What Matthew 17:11 - and restore Matthew 24:26 - he is in the desert

Cross-References

Genesis 3:12
The man said, "You gave this woman to me and she gave me fruit from the tree, so I ate it."

Genesis 3:13
Then the Lord God said to the woman, "How could you have done such a thing?" She answered, "The snake tricked me, so I ate the fruit."

Genesis 3:16
Then God said to the woman, "I will cause you to have much trouble when you are pregnant, and when you give birth to children, you will have great pain. You will greatly desire your husband, but he will rule over you."

Genesis 3:17
Then God said to the man, "You listened to what your wife said, and you ate fruit from the tree from which I commanded you not to eat. "So I will put a curse on the ground, and you will have to work very hard for your food. In pain you will eat its food all the days of your life.

Genesis 20:6
Then God said to Abimelech in the dream, "Yes, I know you did not realize what you were doing. So I did not allow you to sin against me and touch her.

1 Chronicles 16:22
He said, "Don't touch my chosen people, and don't harm my prophets."

Job 1:11
But reach out your hand and destroy everything he has, and he will curse you to your face."

Job 2:5
But reach out your hand and destroy his flesh and bones, and he will curse you to your face."

Job 19:21
Pity me, my friends, pity me, because the hand of God has hit me.

1 Corinthians 7:1
Now I will discuss the things you wrote me about. It is good for a man not to have sexual relations with a woman.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And he came into all the country about Jordan,.... He came out of the wilderness of Judea, where he first began his ministry, to some parts of the country that bordered on Jordan, and was near unto it, on either side the river; sometimes he was at Bethabara, and sometimes at Aenon, near Salim; for he did not take a tour round about all, the country that encompassed Jordan, but being at it, or in places adjacent to it, all the country round about came to him; see Matthew 3:5.

Preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins: this was the work and office of John, as signified by Elias, in Malachi 4:5 the Jews say n,

"the Israelites will not repent, till Elias comes; as it is said, Malachi 4:5 in the land of Israel repentance delights.''

John came into this land, preaching this doctrine;

Malachi 4:5- :.

n Pirke Eliezer, c. 44.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

On the baptism of John - see the notes at Matthew 3:0.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Luke 3:3. The baptism of repentance — See Clarke on Matthew 3:4-6, and Mark 1:1; Mark 1:1, &c., and Mark 16:0 at the end.