Matthew 3:11-15
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.
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