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Mr 1:4 King James John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

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Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834]
See the notes at Mat 3:3, Mat 3:5-6, Mat 3:11.
 
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11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
6 And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.