Matthew 3:6

Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.

At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.

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

asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

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

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins,

They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy S

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

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

They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea.

And I prayed to the LORD my God and confessed, “O, Lord, the great and awesome God, who keeps His covenant of loving dev

He has sent this message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the gospel of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of a

Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of

He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and wash your sins away, calling on His name.’

I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”

instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

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

People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by

I will get up and go back to my father and say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

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

Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,”

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

And having been buried with Him in baptism, you were raised with Him through your faith in the power of God, who raised

So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to

But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me,

I baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Then he sings before men with these words: ‘I have sinned and perverted what was right; yet I did not get what I deserve

and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to

Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous m

And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a