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Matthew 3:13
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11 aI indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. bHe will baptize you with the Holy Spirit1 and fire.  
12 aHis winnowing fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the barn; but He will bburn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”  

John Baptizes Jesus

13 aThen Jesus came bfrom Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.  
14 And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?”
15 But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it to be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed Him.
16 aWhen He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and1 He saw bthe Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.  
17 aAnd suddenly a voice came from heaven, saying, b“This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” 
Verse Comparison: Matthew 3:13

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American Standard Version
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

Amplified® Bible
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be baptized by him.

Contemporary English Version
Jesus left Galilee and went to the Jordan River to be baptized by John.

Darby English Version
Then comes Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptised of him;

Good News Bible
At that time Jesus arrived from Galilee and came to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.

International Standard Version
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.

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

New American Standard Bible
Then Jesus *arrived from Galilee at the Jordan {coming} to John, to be baptized by him.

New International Version
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.

New King James Version
Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Then Jesus arrived from Galilee at the Jordan coming to John, to receive baptism by him.

Revised Standard Version
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.

Young's Literal Translation
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,


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