In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying, Isa 40:3-6Jhn 1:6-8Luk 1:13-17Luk 1:76Luk 3:1-20Mat 11:11Act 19:3-4Act 13:24-25 “Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!” Mrk 1:15Mat 4:172Co 7:10Dan 2:44Luk 24:47Mat 10:7Mat 6:10Act 3:19 For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, Isa 40:3Mal 3:1Jhn 1:23Isa 57:14-15Luk 1:76Mrk 1:3Luk 1:17Luk 3:3-6
“The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
make the way of the Lord ready!
Make his paths straight!” 1
Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey. 2Ki 1:8Lev 11:22Mat 11:8Mrk 1:6Zec 13:4Luk 1:17Mal 4:51Sa 14:25-27 Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him. Mrk 1:5Jhn 3:23Jhn 5:35Luk 16:16Luk 3:7Mat 11:7-12Mat 4:25 They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. Act 19:181Jn 1:9Mat 3:13-16Act 2:38-41Ezk 36:25Heb 9:10Jhn 1:25-28Mat 3:11
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Mat 12:341Th 1:10Mat 22:23Mat 23:33Rom 5:9Mat 16:6Mat 23:13-28Rom 1:18 Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance! Luk 3:8Act 26:202Pe 1:4-8Gal 5:22-23Eph 5:9Php 1:11Isa 1:16-17Jer 36:3 Don’t think to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones. Luk 3:8Rom 9:7-8Gal 3:27-29Jhn 8:33Act 13:26Gal 4:22-31Rom 4:1Luk 16:24 Even now the ax lies at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. Jhn 15:6Luk 3:9Mat 7:19Jhn 15:2Luk 13:6-9Ezk 15:2-7Jer 17:8Mal 3:1-3
“I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit. 2 Isa 4:4Luk 3:16Act 1:5Zec 13:9Act 2:2-4Mal 3:2-4Mrk 1:7-8Tit 3:5 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.” Mal 4:1Mat 13:30Luk 3:17Isa 41:16Jer 51:2Mat 13:41Psa 1:4Jer 7:20
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan 3 to John, to be baptized by him. Jhn 1:32-34Mat 2:22Mrk 1:9-11Luk 3:21-22 But John would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?” Jhn 3:3-7Act 1:5-8Jhn 13:6-8Eph 2:3-5Gal 3:22Gal 3:27-29Gal 4:6Jhn 1:16
But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him. Jhn 4:34Isa 42:21Jhn 13:15Jhn 15:10Luk 1:6Php 2:7-8Psa 40:7-8Jhn 13:7-9
Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him. Isa 11:2Luk 3:21-22Mrk 1:10Isa 42:1Jhn 1:31-34Isa 61:1Act 7:56Ezk 1:1 Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.” Isa 42:1Mat 17:5Psa 2:7Luk 9:35Mat 12:18Mrk 9:72Pe 1:17Luk 3:22