John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
Then the devil took him to the holy city and had him stand on the highest point of the temple.Matthew 4:5 NIV
And 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.Mark 1:5 KJV
The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.Mark 1:3 KJV