Matthew 3:13 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

¹³ Jesus then came from [the province of] Galilee to be immersed by John in the Jordan River.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be baptized by him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹³ Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

Common English Bible

¹³ At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan River so that John would baptize him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Then Jesus came from Galilee, to John at the Jordan, in order to be baptized by him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan, unto John, to be baptized by him.

Matthew 3:13 Cross References

Matthew 2:22

But when he heard that Archelaus was then the king of Judea, in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go back. Then, being warned by God in a [supernatural] dream, he went on up to the region called Galilee,

Matthew 3:14

But John tried to discourage Him [from being immersed], when he said, “I should be immersed by you, and you are coming to me [for immersion]?”

Matthew 3:6

and people were immersed by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

John 1:31

And I would not have recognized Him, but I came immersing people in water so that He would become known to the Israelites.”