I indeed baptize you in the water unto penance, but he that shall come after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and fire.
Luke 3:3 - 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; 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. Catholic Public Domain Version And he went into the entire region of the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance 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. |
I indeed baptize you in the water unto penance, but he that shall come after me, is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear; he shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and fire.
And he shall convert many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.
To give knowledge of salvation to his people, unto the remission of their sins:
AND Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the desert,
These things were done in Bethania, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
And they came to John, and said to him: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony, behold he baptizeth, and all men come to him.
John first preaching, before his coming, the baptism of penance to all the people of Israel.
Then Paul said: John baptized the people with the baptism of penance, saying: That they should believe in him who was to come after him, that is to say, in Jesus.
And now why tarriest thou? Rise up, and be baptized, and wash away thy sins, invoking his name.