Ὁ δὲ Ἰωάννης διεκώλυεν αὐτὸν λέγων· ἐγὼ χρείαν ἔχω ὑπὸ σοῦ βαπτισθῆναι καὶ σὺ ἔρχῃ πρός με;
But John prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you have come to me?”
Gospel According To Matthew
But John prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you have come to me?”
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan unto John to be baptized by him.
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly clean his threshing floor, and he will gather his wheat into the barn, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
I indeed baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit;
And now the axe is laid at the root of the trees; therefore, every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
And do not think you can say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father; for I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.
Therefore, bear fruit in keeping with repentance.
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said to them, “O generation of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
And they were baptized by him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region around Jordan,
* Then went out to him (the people of) Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region around Jordan,