⁶ and they were baptized by him in the River Jordan, confessing their sins.^(A)

³¹ We know that God does not listen to sinners, but he does listen to one who worships him and obeys his will.^(A)

²⁴ He himself bore our sins in his body on the cross,^[a] so that, having died to sins, we might live for righteousness; by his wounds^[b] you have been healed.^(A)