Matthew 3:14
But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
In Context
13Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.
Cross References
Luke 1:43How is it that the mother of my Lord comes to me?
John 3:3Jesus said to him, Truly, I say to you, Without a new birth no man is able to see the kingdom of God.
Acts 1:5For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.
Romans 3:25Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;
Galatians 3:27For all those of you who were given baptism into Christ did put on Christ.
Ephesians 2:3Among whom we all at one time were living in the pleasures of our flesh, giving way to the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and the punishment of God was waiting for us even as for the rest.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:14-17
The Baptism of Jesus. 13 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. 16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon… Read the whole commentary →