Matthew 3:11-15
Matthew 3:11
“As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Matthew 3:12
His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.” The Baptism of Jesus
Matthew 3:13
Then Jesus *arrived from Galilee at the Jordan, coming to John to be baptized by him.
Matthew 3:14
But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I have the need to be baptized by You, and yet You are coming to me?”
Matthew 3:15
But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he *allowed Him.