Luke 3:16

Contemporary English Version 1995

John said, “I am just baptizing with water. But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to untie his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Cross References

Acts 1:5

John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 3:11

I baptize you with water so you will give up your sins. But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

John 1:33

Before this I didn't know who he was. But the one who sent me to baptize with water had told me, “You will see the Spirit come down and stay on someone. Then you will know that he is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.”

John 1:26

John told them, “I use water to baptize people. But here with you is someone you don't know.

1 Corinthians 12:13

Some of us are Jews, and others are Gentiles. Some of us are slaves, and others are free. But God's Spirit baptized each of us and made us part of the body of Christ. Now we each drink from that same Spirit.

Zechariah 13:9

Then I will purify them and put them to the test, just as gold and silver are purified and tested. They will pray in my name, and I will answer them. I will say, “You are my people,” and they will reply, “You, Lord, are our God!”

Isaiah 32:15

When the Spirit is given to us from heaven, deserts will become orchards thick as fertile forests.

Isaiah 4:4

after the Lord sends a fiery judgment to clean the city and its people of their violent deeds.

Proverbs 1:23

Listen as I correct you and tell you what I think.

Acts 2:33

Jesus was taken up to sit at the right side of God, and he was given the Holy Spirit, just as the Father had promised. Jesus is also the one who has given the Spirit to us, and this is what you are now seeing and hearing.

John 7:38

Have faith in me, and you will have life-giving water flowing from deep inside you, just as the Scriptures say.”

Acts 10:44

While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit took control of everyone who was listening.

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle you with clean water, and you will be clean and acceptable to me. I will wash away everything that makes you unclean, and I will remove your disgusting idols.

Matthew 3:12

His threshing fork is in his hand, and he is ready to separate the wheat from the husks. He will store the wheat in a barn and burn the husks in a fire that never goes out.

John 1:27

Even though I came first, I am not good enough to untie his sandals.”