Luke 3:16

John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Cross References (22)

  • Matthew 3:11 (18)

    I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy

  • Acts 1:5 (17)

    For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

  • Acts 11:15–16 (15)

    As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them, just as He had fallen upon us at the beginning.

  • John 1:33 (14)

    I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit de

  • Acts 19:4–5 (11)

    Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him,

  • John 1:26 (11)

    “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.

  • Joel 2:28–29 (9)

    And afterward, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream d

  • Acts 2:3–4 (8)

    They saw tongues like flames of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them.

  • Isaiah 4:4 (7)

    when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusale

  • Malachi 3:2–3 (7)

    But who can endure the day of His coming? And who can stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire, like

  • Zechariah 13:9 (7)

    This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My n

  • Mark 1:7–8 (7)

    And he proclaimed: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop do

  • Isaiah 32:15 (6)

    until the Spirit is poured out upon us from on high. Then the desert will be an orchard, and the orchard will seem like

  • 1 Corinthians 12:13 (6)

    For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body, whether Jews or Greeks, slave or free, and we were all given one S

  • Acts 2:17–18 (5)

    ‘In the last days, God says, I will pour out My Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young

  • John 7:38 (5)

    Whoever believes in Me, as the Scripture has said: ‘Streams of living water will flow from within him.’”

  • Acts 13:24–25 (5)

    Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

  • Proverbs 1:23 (5)

    If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known

  • Acts 2:33 (5)

    Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out wha

  • Ezekiel 36:25 (4)

    I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your

  • Acts 10:44 (4)

    While Peter was still speaking these words, the Holy Spirit fell upon all who heard his message.

  • Isaiah 44:3–4 (4)

    For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and currents on the dry ground. I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants