Mark 1:4 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 4 John the Baptizer was in the wilderness, preaching baptism in symbol of repentance for forgiveness of sins.+ Acts 19:2, 3 New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition) 2 and said to them: “Did you receive holy spirit when you became believers?”+ They replied to him: “Why, we have never heard that there is a holy spirit.” 3 So he said: “In what, then, were you baptized?” They said: “In John’s baptism.”+
4 John the Baptizer was in the wilderness, preaching baptism in symbol of repentance for forgiveness of sins.+
2 and said to them: “Did you receive holy spirit when you became believers?”+ They replied to him: “Why, we have never heard that there is a holy spirit.” 3 So he said: “In what, then, were you baptized?” They said: “In John’s baptism.”+