Matthew 3:14
But John tried to prevent him, saying,“I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”
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- Luke 1:43 : 43 And who am I that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me?
- John 1:16 : 16 For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.
- John 3:3-7 : 3 Jesus replied,“I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” 4 Nicodemus said to him,“How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time, can he?” 5 Jesus answered,“I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. 6 What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit. 7 Do not be amazed that I said to you,‘You must all be born from above.’
- John 13:6-8 : 6 Then he came to Simon Peter. Peter said to him,“Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus replied,“You do not understand what I am doing now, but you will understand after these things.” 8 Peter said to him,“You will never wash my feet!” Jesus replied,“If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.”
- Acts 1:5-8 : 5 For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.” 6 So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him,“Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He told them,“You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority. 8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth.”
- Rom 3:23 : 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.
- Rom 3:25 : 25 God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.
- Gal 3:22 : 22 But the scripture imprisoned everything under sin so that the promise could be given– because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ– to those who believe.
- Gal 3:27-29 : 27 For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female– for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. 29 And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.
- Gal 4:6 : 6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls“Abba! Father!”
- Eph 2:3-5 : 3 among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest… 4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us, 5 even though we were dead in offenses, made us alive together with Christ– by grace you are saved!–
- Rev 7:9-9 : 9 After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands. 10 They were shouting out in a loud voice,“Salvation belongs to our God, who is seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!” 11 And all the angels stood there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying,“Amen! Praise and glory, and wisdom and thanksgiving, and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!” 13 Then one of the elders asked me,“These dressed in long white robes– who are they and where have they come from?” 14 So I said to him,“My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me,“These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb! 15 For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them. 16 They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat, 17 because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
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13 The Baptism of Jesus Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River.
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15 So Jesus replied to him,“Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John yielded to him.
16 After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.
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22 Further Testimony About Jesus by John the Baptist After this, Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing.
23 John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming to him and being baptized.
24 (For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)
25 Now a dispute came about between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew concerning ceremonial washing.
26 So they came to John and said to him,“Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, about whom you testified– see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!”
27 John replied,“No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.
28 You yourselves can testify that I said,‘I am not the Christ,’ but rather,‘I have been sent before him.’
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30 This is the one about whom I said,‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’
31 I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”
32 Then John testified,“I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.
33 And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me,‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining– this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
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25 So they asked John,“Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 John answered them,“I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,
27 who is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal!”
28 These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan River where John was baptizing.
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50 I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is finished!
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7 He proclaimed,“One more powerful than I am is coming after me; I am not worthy to bend down and untie the strap of his sandals.
8 I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
9 The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River.
10 And just as Jesus was coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens splitting apart and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
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16 John answered them all,“I baptize you with water, but one more powerful than I am is coming– I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
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1 The Ministry of John the Baptist In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming,
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3 “Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”
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30 John’s baptism– was it from heaven or from people? Answer me.”
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4 John’s baptism– was it from heaven or from people?”
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11 “I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am– I am not worthy to carry his sandals! He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
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3 So Paul said,“Into what then were you baptized?”“Into John’s baptism,” they replied.
4 Paul said,“John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.”
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3 He went into all the region around the Jordan River, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
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2 (although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),
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5 Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him,
6 and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
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4 In the wilderness John the baptizer began preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
5 People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
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38 On Jesus’ Side John said to him,“Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he was not following us.”
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24 Before Jesus arrived, John had proclaimed a baptism for repentance to all the people of Israel.
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12 Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him,“Teacher, what should we do?”
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19 The Testimony of John the Baptist Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him,“Who are you?”
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3 For he is the one about whom the prophet Isaiah had spoken:“The voice of one shouting in the wilderness,‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’”
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49 On the Right Side John answered,“Master, we saw someone casting out demons in your name, and we tried to stop him because he is not a disciple along with us.”
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36 Now as they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said,“Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?”
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30 He must become more important while I become less important.”
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15 John testified about him and shouted out,“This one was the one about whom I said,‘He who comes after me is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’”
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15 so that no one can say that you were baptized in my name!
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20 When the men came to Jesus, they said,“John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask,‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?’”
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18 Jesus and John the Baptist John’s disciples informed him about all these things. So John called two of his disciples
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29 (Now all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.