Indeed, I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who will come after me is more powerful than me. I am not worthy to carry his shoes. He will baptize you with the fire of the Holy Spirit.
Luke 3:3 - Catholic Public Domain Version And he went into the entire region of the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the remission of sins, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he went into all the country round about the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance (of hearty amending of their ways, with abhorrence of past wrongdoing) unto the forgiveness of sin. American Standard Version (1901) And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins; Common English Bible John went throughout the region of the Jordan River, calling for people to be baptized to show that they were changing their hearts and lives and wanted God to forgive their sins. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of penance for the remission of sins; English Standard Version 2016 And he went into all the region around the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. |
Indeed, I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who will come after me is more powerful than me. I am not worthy to carry his shoes. He will baptize you with the fire of the Holy Spirit.
And he will convert many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.
to give knowledge of salvation to his people for the remission of their sins,
And Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan. And he was urged by the Spirit into the wilderness
These things happened in Bethania, across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
And they went to John and said to him: "Rabbi, the one who was with you across the Jordan, about whom you offered testimony: behold, he is baptizing and everyone is going to him."
John was preaching, before the face of his advent, a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Then Paul said: "John baptized the people with the baptism of repentance, saying that they should believe in the One who is to come after him, that is, in Jesus."
And now, why do you delay? Rise up, and be baptized, and wash away your sins, by invoking his name.'