Matthew 3:11-17

English Standard Version

^11 (A)“I baptize you with water ^(B)for repentance, but ^(C)he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you ^(D)with the Holy Spirit and ^(E)fire. ¹² His ^(F)winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and ^(G)gather his wheat into the barn, ^(H)but the chaff he will burn with ^(I)unquenchable fire.”

The Baptism of Jesus

^13 (J)Then Jesus came ^(K)from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. ^14 (L)John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” ¹⁵ But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. ¹⁶ And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, ^(M)the heavens were opened to him,^[a] and he ^(N)saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; ¹⁷ and behold, ^(O)a voice from heaven said, ^(P)“This is my beloved Son,^[b] with whom I am well pleased.”