Matthew 3:6
and they were immersed in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
In Context
5Then were going forth to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan,
Cross References
Leviticus 16:21and Aaron has laid his two hands on the head of the living goat, and has confessed over it all the iniquities of the sons of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, and has put them on the head of the goat, and has sent [it] away by the hand of a ready man into the wilderness;
Numbers 5:7and they have confessed their sin which they have done, then he has restored his guilt in its principal, and is adding its fifth to it, and has given [it] to him in reference to whom he has been guilty.
Job 33:27[Then] he looks on men and says, || I sinned, and I have perverted uprightness, || And it has not been profitable to me.
Proverbs 28:13Whoever is covering his transgressions does not prosper, || And he who is confessing and forsaking has mercy.
Daniel 9:4And I pray to my God YHWH, and confess, and say: Ah, now, O Lord God, the great and the fearful, keeping the covenant and the kindness to those loving Him and to those keeping His commands;
Matthew 3:13Then Jesus comes from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be immersed 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 →