Matthew 3:6

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Summary

Matthew 3:6

And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

Were

Confessing

General references

Luke 1:16

Bible References

Were

"I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am -- I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

I will sprinkle you with pure water and you will be clean from all your impurities. I will purify you from all your idols.

I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

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

So they asked John, "Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming to him and being baptized.

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

Peter said to them, "Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all) --

And I remembered the word of the Lord, as he used to say, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

Paul said, "John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus."

and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea,

Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.

he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

teaching about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

They served only for matters of food and drink and various washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came.

Confessing

Aaron is to lay his two hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities of the Israelites and all their transgressions in regard to all their sins, and thus he is to put them on the head of the goat and send it away into the wilderness by the hand of a man standing ready.

However, when they confess their iniquity and their ancestors' iniquity which they committed by trespassing against me, by which they also walked in hostility against me

then he must confess his sin that he has committed and must make full reparation, add one fifth to it, and give it to whomever he wronged.

So Joshua said to Achan, "My son, honor the Lord God of Israel and give him praise! Tell me what you did; don't hide anything from me!"

That person sings to others, saying: 'I have sinned and falsified what is right, but I was not punished according to what I deserved.

Then I confessed my sin; I no longer covered up my wrongdoing. I said, "I will confess my rebellious acts to the Lord." And then you forgave my sins. (Selah)

The one who covers his transgressions will not prosper, but whoever confesses them and forsakes them will find mercy.

I prayed to the LORD my God, confessing in this way: "O Lord, great and awesome God who is faithful to his covenant with those who love him and keep his commandments,

People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

I will get up and go to my father and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you.

Peter said to them, "Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

Many of those who had believed came forward, confessing and making their deeds known.

And now what are you waiting for? Get up, be baptized, and have your sins washed away, calling on his name.'

So confess your sins to one another and pray for one another so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness.

But if we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, forgiving us our sins and cleansing us from all unrighteousness.

General references

He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.