Matthew 3:11

John The Baptist Begins His Ministry

¹⁰ Even now the ax is ready to strike the root of the trees! Therefore, every tree that doesn’t produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. ¹¹ “I baptize you with water for repentance, but the One who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove His sandals. He Himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. ¹² His winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn. But the chaff He will burn up with fire that never goes out.”

Baptize You with the Holy Spirit

Baptize You with Water

Holy Spirit

I Am Not Worthy

Turn from Their Sin

With the Holy Spirit and Fire

O God

Messiah

Sin

Acts 1:5

for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

Luke 3:16

John answered them all, “I baptize you with water, but One is coming who is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to untie the strap of His sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Isaiah 4:4

when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodguilt from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of burning.

Mark 1:4

John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

John 1:15

(John testified concerning Him and exclaimed,
“This was the One of whom I said,
‘The One coming after me has surpassed me,
because He existed before me.’”)

John 1:26-27

“I baptize with water,” John answered them. “Someone stands among you, but you don’t know Him.

Acts 11:15-16

“As I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them, just as on us at the beginning.

Acts 13:24-25

Before He came to public attention, John had previously proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Acts 19:4

Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the One who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.”

1 Corinthians 12:13

For we were all baptized by one Spirit into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.

Isaiah 44:3

For I will pour water on the thirsty land
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out My Spirit on your descendants
and My blessing on your offspring.

Isaiah 59:20-21

“The Redeemer will come to Zion,
and to those in Jacob who turn from transgression.”
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Zechariah 13:9

I will put this third through the fire;
I will refine them as silver is refined
and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on My name,
and I will answer them.
I will say: They are My people,
and they will say: Yahweh is our God.”

Malachi 3:2-4

But who can endure the day of His coming? And who will be able to stand when He appears? For He will be like a refiner’s fire and like cleansing lye.

Matthew 3:6

and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

Mark 1:7-8

He was preaching: “Someone more powerful than I will come after me. I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of His sandals.

Luke 1:17

And he will go before Him
in the spirit and power of Elijah,
to turn the hearts of fathers
to their children,
and the disobedient
to the understanding of the righteous,
to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.

Luke 3:3

He went into all the vicinity of the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

Luke 7:6-7

Jesus went with them, and when He was not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to tell Him, “Lord, don’t trouble Yourself, since I am not worthy to have You come under my roof.

John 1:30

This is the One I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who has surpassed me, because He existed before me.’

John 1:33-34

I didn’t know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The One you see the Spirit descending and resting on—He is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

John 3:23-36

John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were coming and being baptized,

Acts 2:2-4

Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were staying.

Galatians 3:27-28

For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ like a garment.

Ephesians 3:8

This grace was given to me—the least of all the saints—to proclaim to the Gentiles the incalculable riches of the Messiah,

Titus 3:5

He saved us—
not by works of righteousness that we had done,
but according to His mercy,
through the washing of regeneration
and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

1 Peter 5:5

In the same way, you younger men, be subject to the elders. And all of you clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because

God resists the proud
but gives grace to the humble.