12 His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

The Baptism of Jesus

13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John in order to be baptized by him. 14 But John tried to prevent[a] him, saying, “I need[b] to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:14 The imperfect verb is understood as conative (“tried to”)
  2. Matthew 3:14 Literally “I have need”