Matthew 3:6 - New International Version (Anglicised)

⁶ Confessing their sins, they were baptised by him in the River Jordan.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ and were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ And they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

Common English Bible

⁶ As they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ And they were baptized by him in the Jordan, acknowledging their sins.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶ And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

Matthew 3:6 Tagairtí Cros

Ezra 10:1

While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of Israelites – men, women and children – gathered round him. They too wept bitterly.

Psalm 32:5

Then I acknowledged my sin to you and did not cover up my iniquity. I said, ‘I will confess my transgressions to the Lord.’ And you forgave the guilt of my sin.

Proverbs 28:13

Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.

Ezekiel 36:25

I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean; I will cleanse you from all your impurities and from all your idols.

Daniel 9:4

I prayed to the Lord my God and confessed: ‘Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps his covenant of love with those who love him and keep his commandments,

Leviticus 16:21

He is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the wickedness and rebellion of the Israelites – all their sins – and put them on the goat’s head. He shall send the goat away into the wilderness in the care of someone appointed for the task.

Leviticus 26:40

‘ “But if they will confess their sins and the sins of their ancestors – their unfaithfulness and their hostility towards me,

Numbers 5:7

and must confess the sin they have committed. They must make full restitution for the wrong they have done, add a fifth of the value to it and give it all to the person they have wronged.

Matthew 3:11

‘I baptise you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Mark 1:5

The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem went out to him. Confessing their sins, they were baptised by him in the River Jordan.

Luke 1:16

He will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.

Luke 3:16

John answered them all, ‘I baptise you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptise you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Acts 1:5

For John baptised with water, but in a few days you will be baptised with the Holy Spirit.’

Acts 11:16

Then I remembered what the Lord had said: “John baptised with water, but you will be baptised with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 19:18

Many of those who believed now came and openly confessed what they had done.

Acts 22:16

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptised and wash your sins away, calling on his name.”

1 Corinthians 10:2

They were all baptised into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

Colossians 2:12

having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through your faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead.

Hebrews 6:2

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

Hebrews 9:10

They are only a matter of food and drink and various ceremonial washings – external regulations applying until the time of the new order.

James 5:16

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.

Joshua 7:19

Then Joshua said to Achan, ‘My son, give glory to the Lord, the God of Israel, and honour him. Tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.’

1 Peter 3:21

and this water symbolises baptism that now saves you also – not the removal of dirt from the body but the pledge of a clear conscience towards God. It saves you by the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

1 John 1:9

If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.