Matthew 3:11
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11 “I baptize you with[a] water for repentance.(A) But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit(B) and fire.(C)
Footnotes
- Matthew 3:11 Or in
- Matthew 3:11 Or in
Isaiah 4:4
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4 The Lord will wash away the filth(A) of the women of Zion;(B) he will cleanse(C) the bloodstains(D) from Jerusalem by a spirit[a] of judgment(E) and a spirit[b] of fire.(F)
Footnotes
- Isaiah 4:4 Or the Spirit
- Isaiah 4:4 Or the Spirit
Luke 3:16
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16 John answered them all, “I baptize you with[a] water.(A) But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit and fire.(B)
Acts 1:5
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5 For John baptized with[a] water,(A) but in a few days you will be baptized with[b] the Holy Spirit.”(B)
Zechariah 13:9
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Acts 2:2-4
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2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.(A) 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit(B) and began to speak in other tongues[a](C) as the Spirit enabled them.
Footnotes
- Acts 2:4 Or languages; also in verse 11
Malachi 3:2-4
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2 But who can endure(A) the day of his coming?(B) Who can stand(C) when he appears? For he will be like a refiner’s fire(D) or a launderer’s soap.(E) 3 He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver;(F) he will purify(G) the Levites and refine them like gold and silver.(H) Then the Lord will have men who will bring offerings in righteousness,(I) 4 and the offerings(J) of Judah and Jerusalem will be acceptable to the Lord, as in days gone by, as in former years.(K)
Mark 1:7-8
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Acts 11:15-16
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15 “As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came on(A) them as he had come on us at the beginning.(B) 16 Then I remembered what the Lord had said: ‘John baptized with[a] water,(C) but you will be baptized with[b] the Holy Spirit.’(D)
Footnotes
- Acts 11:16 Or in
- Acts 11:16 Or in
1 Corinthians 12:13
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13 For we were all baptized(A) by[a] one Spirit(B) so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free(C)—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink.(D)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 12:13 Or with; or in
John 1:33-34
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33 And I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water(A) told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’(B) 34 I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”[a](C)
Footnotes
- John 1:34 See Isaiah 42:1; many manuscripts is the Son of God.
John 1:26-27
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Matthew 3:6
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6 Confessing their sins, they were baptized(A) by him in the Jordan River.
Acts 19:4
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4 Paul said, “John’s baptism(A) was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the one coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”(B)
Luke 1:17
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17 And he will go on before the Lord,(A) in the spirit and power of Elijah,(B) to turn the hearts of the parents to their children(C) and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”(D)
John 1:30
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30 This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’(A)
Mark 1:4
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4 And so John the Baptist(A) appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance(B) for the forgiveness of sins.(C)
Isaiah 59:20-21
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20 “The Redeemer(A) will come to Zion,(B)
to those in Jacob who repent of their sins,”(C)
declares the Lord.
21 “As for me, this is my covenant(D) with them,” says the Lord. “My Spirit,(E) who is on you, will not depart from you,(F) and my words that I have put in your mouth(G) will always be on your lips, on the lips of your children and on the lips of their descendants—from this time on and forever,” says the Lord.
Ephesians 3:8
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8 Although I am less than the least of all the Lord’s people,(A) this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles(B) the boundless riches of Christ,(C)