Matthew 3:14
But John kept trying to stop him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 the Jordan River to be baptized by John.
Cross References
Luke 1:43Why has it happened to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
John 3:3Jesus replied to him, “Truly, truly, unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”
Acts 1:5that John indeed baptized with water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit in a few days.”
Romans 3:25For God provided Christ Jesus as a propitiation through faith in his blood. He offered Christ as proof of his justice, because of his disregard of previous sins
Galatians 3:27For as many of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
Ephesians 2:3Once we all lived among these people, fulfilling the evil desires of our sinful nature, and carrying out the desires of the body and of the mind. We were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of humanity.
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 →