Matthew 3:6
And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
In Context
5Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the country about Jordan:
Cross References
Leviticus 16:21And putting both hands upon his head, let him confess all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their offences and sins: and praying that they may light on his head, he shall turn him out by a man ready for it, into the desert.
Numbers 5:7They shall confess their sin, and restore the principal itself, and the fifth part over and above, to him against whom they have sinned.
Job 33:27He shall look upon men, and shall say : I have sinned, and indeed I have offended, and I have not received what I have deserved.
Proverbs 28:13He that hideth his sins, shall not prosper: but he that shall confess, and forsake them, shall obtain mercy.
Daniel 9:4And I prayed to the Lord my God, and I made my confession, and said: I beseech thee, O Lord God, great and terrible, who keepest the covenant, and mercy to them that love thee, and keep thy commandments.
Matthew 3:13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan, unto John, 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 →