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Matthew 3:13

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Baptism

11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:

12 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.
KJV
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
WEB
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
ASV
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
DARBY
Then comes Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptised of him;
BLB
Then Jesus comes from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be baptized by him.
ÅB
Da kom Jesus fra Galilea til Jordan, til Johannes, for å bli døpt av ham.
OTB
På den tiden kom Jesus fra Galilea til Jordan for å bli døpt av Johannes.
B1930
Da kom Jesus fra Galilea til Jordan til Johannes for å bli døpt av ham.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • John 1:32–34

    And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

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  • Matthew 2:22

    But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:

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  • Mark 1:9–11

    And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.

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  • Luke 3:21–22

    Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

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