"Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him." — Matthew 3:13

Matthew 3:13 · KJV

“Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.”

— Matthew 3:13

Whose fan {is} in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

Verse 14

But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

Matthew 3 — Context

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and {with} fire:

Whose fan {is} in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer {it to be so} now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

Cross References

John 1:32-34

And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

Matthew 2:22

And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

Mark 1:9-11

And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.

Luke 3:21-22

Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,