6Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.


In Context

3 This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: "A voice of one calling in the desert, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.' "

4 John's clothes were made of camel's hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

5 People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan.

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

7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

8 Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.

Matthew 3:6 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:6And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:6And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:6and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6and were baptised by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:6and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6And were baptized by him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:6and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:6And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.