Matthew 3:11 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹¹ I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with [the] Holy Spirit,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹¹ I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹¹ I indeed baptize you in (with) water because of repentance [that is, because of your changing your minds for the better, heartily amending your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins]. But He Who is coming after me is mightier than I, Whose sandals I am not worthy or fit to take off or carry; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹¹ I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:

Common English Bible

¹¹ I baptize with water those of you who have changed your hearts and lives. The one who is coming after me is stronger than I am. I’m not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹¹ Indeed, I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who will come after me is more powerful than me. I am not worthy to carry his shoes. He will baptize you with the fire of the Holy Spirit.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹¹ I indeed baptize you in the water unto penance, but he that shall come after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and fire.

Matthew 3:11 Cross References

Matthew 3:6

and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

Mark 1:4

John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Luke 1:17

And he himself will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, 'to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,' and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord."

Luke 3:16

John answered, saying to all, "I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire;

Luke 3:3

And he went into all the surrounding region of the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

John 1:15

John testified concerning Him and has cried out, saying, "This was He of whom I said, 'He who comes after me, has come to be before me, because He was before me.' "

John 1:30

This is the [One] about whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who ranks before me, because He was before me.'

Acts 1:5

for John baptized with water, but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now."

Acts 19:4

But Paul said, "John indeed baptized with a baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Christ Jesus."

Acts 8:36

Now as they were going down the road, they came upon some water. And the eunuch said, "Behold, [here is] water: what prevents me from being baptized?"

Acts 8:38

And he ordered the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, both Phillip and the eunuch, and he baptized him.

1 Corinthians 12:13

For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body-whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free-and we were all given to drink into one Spirit.

Ephesians 3:8

To me, the very least of all the saints, this grace was given, to preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

Titus 3:5

not by works of righteousness which we did, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, younger [people], subject yourselves to [the] elders. And all of you be subject to one another, and be clothed with humility, because "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble."