Matthew 3:6

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

Ezra 10:1

While Ezra was down on his knees in front of God's temple, praying with tears in his eyes, and confessing the sins of the people of Israel, a large number of men, women, and children gathered around him and cried bitterly.

Psalm 32:5

So I confessed my sins and told them all to you. I said, “I'll tell the LORD each one of my sins.” Then you forgave me and took away my guilt.

Proverbs 28:13

If you don't confess your sins, you will be a failure. But God will be merciful if you confess your sins and give them up.

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.

Leviticus 16:21

There you will lay your hands on its head, while confessing every sin the people have committed, and you will appoint someone to lead the goat into the desert, so that it can take away their sins.

Leviticus 26:40

Then suppose you realize that I turned against you and brought you to the land of your enemies because both you and your ancestors had stubbornly sinned against me. If you humbly confess what you have done and start living right,

Numbers 5:7

You must confess your guilt and pay the victim in full for whatever damage has been done, plus a fine of twenty per cent.

Matthew 3:11

I baptize you with water so that 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.

Mark 1:5

From all Judea and Jerusalem crowds of people went to John. They told how sorry they were for their sins, and he baptized them in the River Jordan.

Luke 1:16

John will lead many people in Israel to turn back to the Lord their God.

Luke 3:16

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.

Acts 1:5

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

Acts 11:16

I remembered that the Lord had said, “John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 19:18

Many who were followers now started telling everyone about the evil things they had been doing.

Acts 22:16

What are you waiting for? Get up! Be baptized, and wash away your sins by praying to the Lord.”

1 Corinthians 10:2

This was like being baptized and becoming followers of Moses.

Colossians 2:12

And when you were baptized, it was the same as being buried with Christ. Then you were raised to life because you had faith in the power of God, who raised Christ from death.

Hebrews 6:2

And we shouldn't need to keep teaching about baptisms or about the laying on of hands or about people being raised from death and the future judgment.

Hebrews 9:10

These rules are merely about such things as eating and drinking and ceremonies for washing ourselves. And rules about physical things will last only until the time comes to change them for something better.

James 5:16

If you have sinned, you should tell each other what you have done. Then you can pray for one another and be healed. The prayer of an innocent person is powerful, and it can help a lot.

Joshua 7:19

“Achan,” Joshua said, “the LORD God of Israel has decided that you are guilty. Is this true? Tell me what you did, and don't try to hide anything.”

1 Peter 3:21

Those flood waters were like baptism that now saves you. But baptism is more than just washing your body. It means turning to God with a clear conscience, because Jesus Christ was raised from death.

1 John 1:9

But if we confess our sins to God, he can always be trusted to forgive us and take our sins away.