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Matthew 3:14

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But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

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Matthew 3:14 in other translations

But John would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?”

Matthew 3:14 · World English Bible

Matthew 3:14 in context

  1. 12whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
  2. 13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
  3. 14But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
  4. 15But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.
  5. 16And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;