“I baptize y’all with water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is stronger than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize y’all in the Holy Spirit and fire.
Luke 3:3 - Y'all Version Bible He went into all the region around the Jordan River, preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness 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, 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; |
“I baptize y’all with water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is stronger than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize y’all in the Holy Spirit and fire.
to give ʜɪꜱ people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,
Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
These things happened in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
They came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, the man who was with you beyond the Jordan, of whom you have testified—Look, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.”
Before Jesus’s public entrance, John preached the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people that the one who would come after him is who they should believe in—that is, in Jesus.”
And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash away your sins, calling on his name.’