Matthew 3:14

Bible in Basic English 1965

But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

Cross References

Matthew 3:13

Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.

Luke 1:43

How is it that the mother of my Lord comes to me?

John 1:16

From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.

Romans 1:13

You may be certain, my brothers, that it has frequently been in my mind to come to you but till now I was kept from it, so that I might have some fruit from you in the same way as I have had it from the other nations.

Romans 3:23

For all have done wrong and are far from the glory of God;

Romans 3:25

Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;

Galatians 3:22

However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith.

Galatians 4:6

And because you are sons, God has sent out the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, saying, Abba, Father.

Hebrews 7:23

And it is true that there have been a great number of those priests, because death does not let them go on for ever;