Matthew 3:6
And they were baptized by him in the Jordan, acknowledging their sins.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
In Context
5Then Jerusalem, and all Judea, and the entire region around the Jordan went out to him.
Cross References
Leviticus 16:21And placing both hands upon its head, let him confess all the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all of their offenses and sins. And calling these down upon its head, he shall send it away, by means of a man prepared to do so, into the desert.
Numbers 5:7they shall confess their sin, and they shall restore the principle itself, plus a fifth part above it, to any against whom they have sinned.
Job 33:27He will consider mankind, and he will say: “I have sinned and truly I have offended, yet I was not treated as I deserved.”
Proverbs 28:13Whoever hides his crimes will not be guided. But whoever will have confessed and abandoned them shall overtake mercy.
Daniel 9:4And I prayed to the Lord, my God, and I confessed, and I said, “I beg you, O Lord God, great and terrible, preserving the covenant and mercy for those who love you and keep your commandments.
Matthew 3:13Then Jesus came from Galilee, to John at the Jordan, in order to be baptized by him.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:2-7
The Preaching of John the Baptist. 1 In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, 2 And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 4 And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all… Read the whole commentary →