Mark 1:5

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Mark 1:3–7 · Berean Standard Bible

3 “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

4 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

5 People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

6 John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

7 And he began to proclaim: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

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Matthew 3:5

People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.

Matthew 3:6

Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

Matthew 4:25

The large crowds that followed Him came from Galilee, the Decapolis, Jerusalem, Judea, and beyond the Jordan.

John 1:28

All this happened at Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

John 3:23

Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.

Leviticus 26:40

But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—

Leviticus 26:41

and I acted with hostility toward them and brought them into the land of their enemies—and if their uncircumcised hearts will be humbled and they will make amends for their iniquity,

Leviticus 26:42

then I will remember My covenant with Jacob and My covenant with Isaac and My covenant with Abraham, and I will remember the land.

Joshua 7:19

So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

Psalms 32:5

Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

Proverbs 28:13

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

Acts 2:38

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Acts 19:18

Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.

1 John 1:8

If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

1 John 1:10

If we say we have not sinned, we make Him out to be a liar, and His word is not in us.