ASV: John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins.
BBE: John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.
DBY: There came John baptising in the wilderness, and preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.
KJV: John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
WEY: So John the Baptizer came, and was in the Desert proclaiming a baptism of the penitent for forgiveness of sins.
WBS: John was baptizing in the wilderness, and preaching the baptism of repentance, for the remission of sins.
WEB: John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.
YLT: John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,
