Matthew 3:14 - Revised Version 1885

¹⁴ But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou 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 cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.

Luke 1:43

And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come unto me?

John 1:16

For of his fulness we all received, and grace for grace.

Romans 1:13

And I would not have you ignorant, brethren, that oftentimes I purposed to come unto you (and was hindered hitherto), that I might have some fruit in you also, even as in the rest of the Gentiles.

Romans 3:23

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

Romans 3:25

whom God set forth to be a propitiation, through faith, by his blood, to shew his righteousness, because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God;

Galatians 3:22

Howbeit the scripture hath shut up all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.

Galatians 4:6

And because ye are sons, God sent forth the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, Abba, Father.

Hebrews 7:23

And they indeed have been made priests many in number, because that by death they are hindered from continuing: