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Matthew 3:14
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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.  
Verse Comparison: Matthew 3:14

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American Standard Version
But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

Amplified® Bible
But John protested strenuously, having in mind to prevent Him, saying, It is I who have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?

Contemporary English Version
But John kept objecting and said, "I ought to be baptized by you. Why have you come to me?"

Darby English Version
but John urgently forbad him, saying, *I* have need to be baptised of thee; and comest *thou* to me?

Good News Bible
But John tried to make him change his mind. "I ought to be baptized by you," John said, "and yet you have come to me!"

International Standard Version
But John tried to stop him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and are you coming to me?"

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

New American Standard Bible
But John tried to prevent Him, saying, "I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?"

New International Version
But John tried to deter him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"

New King James Version
And John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
But John tried to prevent Him, saying, "I have need that You baptize me, and do You come to me?"

Revised Standard Version
John would have prevented him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"

Young's Literal Translation
but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized -- and thou dost come unto me!'


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