Matthew 3:14 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹⁴ But John [tried to ]prevent Him, saying, "I have need to be baptized by You, and You are coming to me?"

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁴ But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁴ But John protested strenuously, having in mind to prevent Him, saying, It is I who have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁴ But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

Common English Bible

¹⁴ John tried to stop him and said, “I need to be baptized by you, yet you come to me?”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁴ But John refused him, saying, "I ought to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?"

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁴ But John stayed him, saying: I ought to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?

Matthew 3:14 Cross References

Matthew 3:13

Then Jesus arrived from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus answered and said to him, "Permit it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness."Then he permitted Him.

Luke 1:43

And why am I favored thus, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?

John 1:16

And out of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace.

Romans 1:13

Now I do not want you to be ignorant, brothers, that often I planned to come to you (and I was hindered until now), that I might have some fruit among you also, just as among the other Gentiles.

Romans 3:23

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,

Romans 3:25

whom God set forth as a propitiation through faith in His blood, for a demonstration of His righteousness through the passing over of the sins having previously committed, in the forbearance of God,

Galatians 3:22

But the Scripture has confined all under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.

Galatians 4:6

And because you are sons, God has sent forth the Spirit of His Son into your hearts, crying out, "Abba, Father!"

Hebrews 7:23

Also there were many priests, because they were prevented by death from continuing.