Matthew 3:6

New American Bible - revised edition

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

Cross References

Ezra 10:1

While Ezra prayed and acknowledged their guilt, weeping and prostrate before the house of God, a very large assembly of Israelites gathered about him, men, women, and children; and the people wept profusely.

Psalm 32:5

Then I declared my sin to you; my guilt I did not hide. I said, “I confess my transgression to the Lord,” and you took away the guilt of my sin. Selah

Proverbs 28:13

Those who conceal their sins do not prosper, but those who confess and forsake them obtain mercy.

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle clean water over you to make you clean; from all your impurities and from all your idols I will cleanse you.

Daniel 9:4

I prayed to the Lord, my God, and confessed, “Ah, Lord, great and awesome God, you who keep your covenant and show mercy toward those who love you and keep your commandments and your precepts!

Leviticus 16:21

Laying both hands on its head, he shall confess over it all the iniquities of the Israelites and their trespasses, including all their sins, and so put them on the goat’s head. He shall then have it led into the wilderness by an attendant.

Leviticus 26:40

They will confess their iniquity and the iniquity of their ancestors in their treachery against me and in their continued hostility toward me,

Numbers 5:7

that person shall confess the wrong that has been done, make restitution in full, and in addition give one fifth of its value to the one that has been wronged.

Matthew 3:11

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.

Mark 1:5

People of the whole Judean countryside and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the Jordan River as they acknowledged their sins.

Luke 1:16

and he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.

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.

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 11:16

and I remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said, ‘John baptized with water but you will be baptized with the holy Spirit.’

Acts 19:18

Many of those who had become believers came forward and openly acknowledged their former practices.

Acts 22:16

Now, why delay? Get up and have yourself baptized and your sins washed away, calling upon his name.’

1 Corinthians 10:2

and all of them were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

Colossians 2:12

You were buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the power of God, who raised him from the dead.

Hebrews 6:2

instruction about baptisms and laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.

Hebrews 9:10

but only in matters of food and drink and various ritual washings: regulations concerning the flesh, imposed until the time of the new order. Sacrifice of Jesus.

James 5:16

Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The fervent prayer of a righteous person is very powerful.

Joshua 7:19

Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and praise him by telling me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

1 Peter 3:21

This prefigured baptism, which saves you now. It is not a removal of dirt from the body but an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

1 John 1:9

If we acknowledge our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from every wrongdoing.