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

1:5And there went out unto him all the land of Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

1:6And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

1:7And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

1:8I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.