Matthew 3:11

Modern English Version

“I indeed baptize you with water to repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Cross References

Isaiah 4:4

When the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and has purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst by the spirit of justice and by the spirit of burning,

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water on him who is thirsty, and floods on the dry ground; I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants, and My blessing on your offspring;

Zechariah 13:9

And I will bring this one-third left into the fire, and will refine them as the refinement of silver, and will test them as the testing of gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, “They are My people”; and they will say, “The Lord is my God.”

Matthew 3:6

and were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

Mark 1:4

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

Luke 1:17

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

Luke 3:16

John answered them all, “I indeed baptize you with water. But One mightier than I is coming, the straps of whose shoes I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Luke 3:3

He came into the region surrounding the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

John 1:15

John bore witness of Him and cried out, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ”

John 1:30

This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.’

Acts 1:5

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

Acts 19:4

Paul said, “John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.”

Acts 8:36

As they went on their way, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, “Look, here is water. What hinders me from being baptized?”

Acts 8:38

And he commanded the chariot to halt. Then both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.

1 Corinthians 12:13

For by one Spirit we are all baptized into one body, whether we are Jews or Gentiles, whether we are slaves or free, and we have all been made to drink of one Spirit.

Ephesians 3:8

To me, the very least of all saints, was this grace given, to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

Titus 3:5

not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of rebirth and the renewal of the Holy Spirit,

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise you younger ones, submit yourselves to the elders. Yes, all of you be submissive one to another and clothe yourselves with humility, because “God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”