Matthew 3:11

I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Cross References (27)

  • Isaiah 4:4 (27)

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

  • Luke 3:16 (25)

    John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandal

  • Acts 1:5 (23)

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

  • Zechariah 13:9 (15)

    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

  • Malachi 3:2–4 (13)

    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

  • Acts 2:2–4 (13)

    Suddenly a sound like a mighty rushing wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting.

  • Mark 1:7–8 (12)

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

  • Titus 3:5 (11)

    He saved us, not by the righteous deeds we had done, but according to His mercy, through the washing of new birth and re

  • Acts 11:15–16 (10)

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

  • 1 Corinthians 12:13 (8)

    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

  • John 1:33–34 (8)

    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

  • John 1:26–27 (7)

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

  • Matthew 3:6 (6)

    Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

  • Acts 19:4 (5)

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

  • Luke 1:17 (5)

    And he will go on before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children

  • Mark 1:4 (4)

    John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

  • John 1:30 (4)

    This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’

  • Isaiah 59:20–21 (3)

    “The Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the LORD.

  • John 3:23–36 (3)

    Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be bap

  • Galatians 3:27–28 (3)

    For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.

  • Ephesians 3:8 (3)

    Though I am less than the least of all the saints, this grace was given me: to preach to the Gentiles the unsearchable r

  • Isaiah 44:3 (2)

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

  • 1 Peter 5:5 (1)

    Young men, in the same way, submit yourselves to your elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one

  • Acts 13:24–25 (1)

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

  • Luke 3:3 (1)

    He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

  • John 1:15 (1)

    John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me

  • Luke 7:6–7 (1)

    So Jesus went with them. But when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends with the message: “Lord, do