Matthew 3:11

Holman Christian Standard Bible

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but the One who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove His sandals. He Himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Cross References

Isaiah 4:4

when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodguilt from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of burning.

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water on the thirsty land and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants and My blessing on your offspring.

Zechariah 13:9

I will put this third through the fire; I will refine them as silver is refined and test them as gold is tested. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say: They are My people, and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”

Matthew 3:6

and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

Mark 1:4

John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Luke 1:17

And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.

Luke 3:16

John answered them all, “I baptize you with water, but One is coming who is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to untie the strap of His sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Luke 3:3

He went into all the vicinity of the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

John 1:15

(John testified concerning Him and exclaimed, “This was the One of whom I said, ‘The One coming after me has surpassed me, because He existed before me.’ ”)

John 1:30

This is the One I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who has surpassed me, because He existed before me.’

Acts 1:5

for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

Acts 19:4

Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the One who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

Acts 8:36

As they were traveling down the road, they came to some water. The eunuch said, “Look, there’s water! What would keep me from being baptized? ”

Acts 8:38

Then he ordered the chariot to stop, and both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.

1 Corinthians 12:13

For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body — whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free — and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

Ephesians 3:8

This grace was given to me — the least of all the saints — to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of the Messiah,

Titus 3:5

He saved us — not by works of righteousness that we had done, but according to His mercy — through the washing of regeneration and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you younger men, be subject to the elders. And all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble.