14but John was forbidding him, saying, 'I have need by thee to be baptized — and thou dost come unto me!'


In Context

11 'I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,

12 whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather his wheat to the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.'

13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,

14 but John was forbidding him, saying, 'I have need by thee to be baptized — and thou dost come unto me!'

15 But Jesus answering said to him, 'Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfil all righteousness,' then he doth suffer him.

16 And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,

Matthew 3:14 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:14But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:14But John tried to deter him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:14But John stayed him, saying: I ought to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:14But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:14but John urgently forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptised of thee; and comest thou to me?

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:14But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:14But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:14But John would have hindered him, saying, |I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?|

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:14But John forbade him, saying, I have need to be baptized of you, and come you to me?