Matthew 3:7-17

7 But when he saw many of the 1Pharisees and 2Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You 3brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from 4the wrath to come?
8 "5Therefore bear fruit 6in keeping with repentance;
9 and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, '7We have Abraham for our father '; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.
10 "The 8axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore 9every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
11 "As for me, 10I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; 11He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
12 "His 12winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will 13gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the 14chaff with 15unquenchable fire."

The Baptism of Jesus

13 16Then Jesus arrived 17from Galilee at the Jordan coming to John, to be baptized by him.
14 But John tried to prevent Him, saying, "I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?"
15 But Jesus answering said to him, "Permit it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us 18to fulfill all righteousness." Then he permitted Him.
16 After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and 19he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him,
17 and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "20This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased."

Cross References 20

  • 1. Matthew 16:1f; Matthew 23:13, 15
  • 2. Matthew 22:23; Acts 4:1; Acts 5:17; Acts 23:6f
  • 3. Matthew 12:34; Matthew 23:33
  • 4. 1 Thessalonians 1:10
  • 5. Luke 3:8; Ephesians 5:8, 9
  • 6. Acts 26:20
  • 7. Luke 3:8; Luke 16:24; John 8:33, 39, 53; Acts 13:26; Romans 4:1; Romans 9:7, 8; Galatians 3:29
  • 8. Luke 3:9
  • 9. Psalms 92:12-14; Matthew 7:19; John 15:2
  • 10. Mark 1:4, 8; Luke 3:16; John 1:26; Acts 1:5; Acts 8:36, 38; Acts 11:16
  • 11. John 1:33; Acts 2:3, 4; Titus 3:5
  • 12. Isaiah 30:24; Isaiah 41:16; Jeremiah 15:7; Jeremiah 51:2; Luke 3:17
  • 13. Matthew 13:30
  • 14. Psalms 1:4
  • 15. Isaiah 66:24; Jeremiah 7:20; Matthew 13:41, 42; Mark 9:43, 48
  • 16. Matthew 3:13-17: {Mark 1:9-11; Luke 3:21, 22;} John 1:31-34
  • 17. Matthew 2:22
  • 18. Psalms 40:7, 8; John 4:34; John 8:29
  • 19. Mark 1:10; Luke 3:22; John 1:32; Acts 7:56
  • 20. Psalms 2:7; Isaiah 42:1; Matthew 12:18; Matthew 17:5; Mark 9:7; Luke 9:35; John 12:28

Footnotes 5

  • [a]. The Gr here can be translated "in", "with" or "by"
  • [b]. The Gr here can be translated "in", "with" or "by"
  • [c]. Or "He"
  • [d]. Lit "coming upon Him"
  • [e]. Or "My Son, the Beloved"
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