¹¹ “As for me, ^(A)I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; ^(B)He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

The Baptism of Jesus

^13 (A)Then Jesus *arrived ^(B)from Galilee at the Jordan coming to John to be baptized by him. ¹⁴ But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?” ¹⁵ But Jesus answered and said to him, “Permit it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us ^(C)to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he *permitted Him. ¹⁶ And after being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and ^[a](D)he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming upon Him,

⁵ And all the region of Judea was going out to him, and all the people of Jerusalem; and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

²⁵ And they asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the ^[a]Christ, nor Elijah, nor ^(A)the Prophet?” ²⁶ John answered them, saying, “^(B)I baptize with water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.

²³ And John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people were coming and were being baptized—

⁵ for ^[a](A)John baptized with water, but you will be baptized ^[b]with the Holy Spirit ^[c](B)not many days from now.”

³⁸ And Peter said to them, “^(A)Repent, and each of you be ^(B)baptized in the name of Jesus Christ ^[a]for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. ³⁹ For ^(C)the promise is for you and your children and for all who are ^(D)far off, as many as the Lord our God will call to Himself.” ⁴⁰ And with many other words he solemnly ^(E)bore witness and kept on exhorting them, saying, “^[b]Be saved from this ^(F)crooked generation!” ⁴¹ So then, those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand ^(G)souls.

³⁷ you yourselves know the thing which happened throughout all Judea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism which John proclaimed.