Matthew 3:11

New American Bible - revised edition

I am baptizing you with water, for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is mightier than I. I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

Cross References

Isaiah 4:4

When the Lord washes away the filth of the daughters of Zion, And purges Jerusalem’s blood from her midst with a blast of judgment, a searing blast,

Isaiah 44:3

I will pour out water upon the thirsty ground, streams upon the dry land; I will pour out my spirit upon your offspring, my blessing upon your descendants.

Zechariah 13:9

I will bring the one third through the fire; I will refine them as one refines silver, and I will test them as one tests gold. They will call upon 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 being baptized by him in the Jordan River as they acknowledged their sins.

Mark 1:4

John [the] Baptist appeared in the desert proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Luke 1:17

He will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah to turn the hearts of fathers toward children and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to prepare a people fit for the Lord.”

Luke 3:16

John answered them all, saying, “I am baptizing you with water, but one mightier than I is coming. I am not worthy to loosen the thongs of his sandals. He will baptize you with the holy Spirit and fire.

Luke 3:3

He went throughout [the] whole region of the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

John 1:15

John testified to him and cried out, saying, “This was he of whom I said, ‘The one who is coming after me ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’”

John 1:30

He is the one of whom I said, ‘A man is coming after me who ranks ahead of me because he existed before me.’

Acts 1:5

for John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the holy Spirit.” The Ascension of Jesus.

Acts 19:4

Paul then said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

Acts 8:36

As they traveled along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “Look, there is water. What is to prevent my being baptized?” [

Acts 8:38

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

1 Corinthians 12:13

For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slaves or free persons, and we were all given to drink of one Spirit.

Ephesians 3:8

To me, the very least of all the holy ones, this grace was given, to preach to the Gentiles the inscrutable riches of Christ,

Titus 3:5

not because of any righteous deeds we had done but because of his mercy, he saved us through the bath of rebirth and renewal by the holy Spirit,

1 Peter 5:5

Likewise, you younger members, be subject to the presbyters. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility in your dealings with one another, for: “God opposes the proud but bestows favor on the humble.”