Matthew 3:6
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.”
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“Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Matthew 3:6 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 16:21Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man appointed for the task.
- Leviticus 26:40But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—
- Numbers 5:7and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged.
- Joshua 7:19So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
- Job 33:27Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserved.
- Psalms 32:5Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah
- Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
- Ezekiel 36:25I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.
- Daniel 9:4And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving devotion to those who love Him and keep His commandments,
- Matthew 3:11I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
- Matthew 3:13At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.
- Mark 1:5People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.
- Mark 1:8I baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
- Luke 3:16John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
- Luke 15:18I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.
- John 1:25asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
- John 1:31I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”
- John 3:23Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized.
- Acts 1:5For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
- Acts 2:38Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
- Acts 10:36He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
- Acts 11:16Then I remembered the word of the Lord, as He used to say, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’
- Acts 19:4Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”
- Acts 19:18Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.
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