Matthew 3:14

John tries to prevent it, saying he needs to be baptized by Jesus. He recognizes Jesus' superiority.

Cross-references · 12

• John 3:3–7Jesus answered him, “Most certainly, I tell you, unless one is born anew, he can’t see God’s Kingdom.”
• John 13:6–8Then he came to Simon Peter. He said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?”
• Acts 1:5–8For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”
• Gal 4:6And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, “Abba, Father!”
• Eph 2:3–5among whom we also all once lived in the lusts of our flesh, doing the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest.
• Luke 1:43Why am I so favored, that the mother of my Lord should come to me?
• Gal 3:22But the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.
• Rom 3:25whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;
• Gal 3:27–29For as many of you as were baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
• John 1:16From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.
• Rom 3:23for all have sinned, and fall short of the glory of God;
• Rev 7:9–17After these things I looked, and behold, a great multitude, which no man could count, out of every nation and of all tribes, peoples, and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, dressed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands.

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