Matthew 3:6
And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
Updated King James Version
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 Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,
Cross References
Leviticus 16:21And Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness:
Numbers 5:7Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he has trespassed.
Job 33:27He looks upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
Proverbs 28:13He that covers his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesses and forsakes them shall have mercy.
Daniel 9:4And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
Matthew 3:13Then comes Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of 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 →