Matthew 3:14
And John forbade him, and said, I owe to be baptized of thee (or I ought to be baptized by thee), and thou comest to me?
Wycliffe Modern Spelling
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
Cross References
Luke 1:43And whereof is this thing to me, that the mother of my Lord come to me?
John 3:3Jesus answered, and said to him, Truly, truly, I say to thee, [no] but a man be born again, he may not see the kingdom of God, (or Truly, I tell thee the truth, unless a man is born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God).
Acts 1:5for John baptized in water, but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Ghost (or but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit), after these few days.
Romans 3:25Whom God ordained (the) forgiver [or purposed (as) an helper], by faith in his blood, to the showing of his rightwiseness, for [the] remission of before-going sins, in the bearing up of God,
Galatians 3:27For all ye that be baptized, be clothed with Christ. (For all of ye who be baptized, be clothed with the Messiah.)
Ephesians 2:3in which also we all lived sometime in the desires of our flesh, doing the wills of the flesh and of the thoughts (or doing the desires of the flesh and of the thoughts, or of the mind), and we were by kind (or by nature) the sons of wrath, as other men;
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 →