Mark 1:4 John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. There is something in nature's solitudes most congenial and refreshing to souls of the larger mould. Of William the Conqueror it is said that "he found society only when he passed from the palace to the loneliness of the woods. He loved the wild deer as though he had been their own father." (A. H. Currier.) Parallel Verses KJV: John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. |