Matthew 3:13

Contemporary English Version 1995

Jesus left Galilee and went to the Jordan River to be baptized by John.

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But when he heard that Herod's son Archelaus was now ruler of Judea, he was afraid to go there. Then in a dream he was told to go to Galilee,

They told how sorry they were for their sins, and he baptized them in the river.

But John kept objecting and said, “I ought to be baptized by you. Why have you come to me?”

I didn't know who he was. But I came to baptize you with water, so that everyone in Israel would see him.