Matthew 3:14

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Matthew 3:13

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

Matthew 3:15

Jesus answered, “For now this is how it should be, because we must do all that God wants us to do.” Then John agreed.

Luke 1:43

Why should the mother of my Lord come to me?

John 1:16

Because of all that the Son is, we have been given one blessing after another.

Romans 1:13

My friends, I want you to know that I have often planned to come for a visit. But something has always kept me from doing it. I want to win followers to Christ in Rome, as I have done in many other places.

Romans 3:23

All of us have sinned and fallen short of God's glory.

Romans 3:25

God sent Christ to be our sacrifice. Christ offered his life's blood, so that by faith in him we could come to God. And God did this to show that in the past he was right to be patient and forgive sinners. This also shows that God is right when he accepts people who have faith in Jesus.

Galatians 3:22

But the Scriptures say that sin controls everyone, so that God's promises will be for anyone who has faith in Jesus Christ.

Galatians 4:6

Now that we are his children, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts. And his Spirit tells us that God is our Father.

Hebrews 7:23

There have been a lot of other priests, and all of them have died.