Matthew 3:6

Bible in Basic English 1965

And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.

Cross References

Ezra 10:1

Now while Ezra was making his prayer and his statement of wrongdoing, weeping and falling down before the house of God, a very great number of men and women and children out of Israel came together round him: for the people were weeping bitterly.

Psalm 32:5

I made my wrongdoing clear to you, and did not keep back my sin. I said, I will put it all before the Lord; and you took away my wrongdoing and my sin. Selah.

Proverbs 28:13

He who keeps his sins secret will not do well; but one who is open about them, and gives them up, will get mercy.

Ezekiel 36:25

And I will put clean water on you so that you may be clean: from all your unclean ways and from all your images I will make you clean.

Daniel 9:4

And I made prayer to the Lord my God, putting our sins before him, and said, O Lord, the great God, greatly to be feared. keeping your agreement and mercy with those who have love for you and do your orders;

Leviticus 16:21

And Aaron, placing his two hands on the head of the living goat, will make a public statement over him of all the evil doings of the children of Israel and all their wrongdoing, in all their sins; and he will put them on the head of the goat and send him away, in the care of a man who will be waiting there, into the waste land.

Leviticus 26:40

And they will have grief for their sins and for the sins of their fathers, when their hearts were untrue to me, and they went against me;

Numbers 5:7

Let them say openly what they have done; and make payment for the wrong done, with the addition of a fifth part, and give it to him to whom the wrong was done.

Matthew 3:11

Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

Mark 1:5

And there went out to him all the people of Judaea, and all those of Jerusalem, and they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying that they were sinners.

Luke 1:16

And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

Luke 3:16

John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

Acts 1:5

For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

Acts 11:16

And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.

Acts 19:18

And a number of those who had faith came and made a public statement of their sins and all their acts.

Acts 22:16

And now, why are you waiting? get up, and have baptism, for the washing away of your sins, giving worship to his name.

1 Corinthians 10:2

And they all had baptism from Moses in the cloud and in the sea;

Colossians 2:12

Having been put to death with him in baptism, by which you came to life again with him, through faith in the working of God, who made him come back from the dead.

Hebrews 6:2

The teaching of baptisms, and of the putting on of hands, and of the future life of the dead, and of the judging on the last day.

Hebrews 9:10

Because they are only rules of the flesh, of meats and drinks and washings, which have their place till the time comes when things will be put right.

James 5:16

So then, make a statement of your sins to one another, and say prayers for one another so that you may be made well. The prayer of a good man is full of power in its working.

Joshua 7:19

And Joshua said to Achan, My son, give glory and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel; give me word now of what you have done, and keep nothing back from me.

1 Peter 3:21

And baptism, of which this is an image, now gives you salvation, not by washing clean the flesh, but by making you free from the sense of sin before God, through the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead;

1 John 1:9

If we say openly that we have done wrong, he is upright and true to his word, giving us forgiveness of sins and making us clean from all evil.