I indeed baptize you with water to lead you to repentance; but he that cometh after me, is my superiour, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the effusion of the holy Ghost, in the appearance of fire:

and when Jesus was baptized, he came out of the water: and immediately the heavens seem'd to be parted asunder before him, and he saw the Spirit

and whoever shall give only a cup of cold water to the meanest of you, considering him as my disciple, shall most assuredly be far from losing his reward.

O degenerate race, how can ye, wicked as ye are, utter any thing that is good? for "'tis the overflowing of the heart that the mouth dischargeth."

but I declare unto you, that men shall give an account at the day of judgment, of every scandalous expression they utter.

so that this saying of the prophet was fulfilled, "I will talk in parables, I will utter what has been kept secret from the foundation of the world."

Peter answered, Lord, said he, if it be you, bid me come upon the water to you.

Jesus said, come. and Peter getting out of the ship, walk'd on the water to go to Jesus.

Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is grievously afflicted with the epilepsy; he often falls into the fire, and frequently into the water.

Pilate perceiving he was so far from prevailing, that they were more tumultuous, he took water, and washed his hands before all the people, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: you are answerable for it.

I indeed have baptized you with water, but he shall baptize you with the effusion of the holy Ghost.

and as soon as he was got out of the water, he saw the heavens open, and the spirit lighting upon him, like a dove.

I declare unto you, all the sins which men may commit, and whatsoever blasphemies they may utter, may be forgiven them.

it has frequently thrown him into the fire, and into the water, to the hazard of his life; if therefore you can do any thing, have compassion on us, and help us.

and whoever he be that shall give you a cup of water, as being the disciples of Christ, I assure you, he shall not lose his reward.

upon which he dispatch'd two of his disciples, and said to them: go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water; follow him.

In the fifteenth year of the emperor Tiberius, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea; Herod tetrarch of Gallilee: Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and Trachonitis: and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene:

he address'd himself to them all, saying, I indeed baptize you with water; but there is one coming, who is superiour to me, whose shoes I am unworthy to untie: he shall baptize you with the holy spirit, under the appearance of fire.

having finished his sermon, he said to Simon, row into deep water, and throw out your nets for a draught.

and turning to the woman, he said to Simon, do you observe this woman? though I am a guest in your house, you never offer'd me any water for my feet: but she has bath'd my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head.

while they were rowing, Jesus fell asleep: when there blew such a storm of wind upon the lake, as fill'd the boat with water, and endanger'd their lives.

what advantage is it for a man to have gain'd the whole world, if he himself runs into utter loss and ruin?

whatever you have utter'd in the dark, shall be brought to light: and what you have whisper'd in a closet, shall be proclaim'd upon the house top.

to which Jesus replied, thou hypocrite, who is there among you that scruples to untie his ox or his ass, and lead him from the stall to water on the sabbath-day?

and he cry'd out, saying, father Abraham, take pity on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water to cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.

he answered, when you are in the city, you will meet a man with a pitcher of water; follow him to the house, where he goes in:

John answered them, I baptize with water: but there is one among you, whom ye know not; he it is who coming after me,

I knew him not: but therefore am I come baptizing with water, that he might be manifest to Israel.

I had not known him: but he that sent me to baptize with water, had told me, "upon whom thou shalt see the spirit descending and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizeth with the holy spirit."

these Jesus order'd the waiters to fill with water. so they filled them up to the brim.

as soon as the steward had tasted the water that was made wine, (for he did not know whence it came, but the servants who drew the water knew it,) he called the bridegroom,

and baptized, while John was likewise baptizing in Enon, near Salim, it being a place abounding with water: so that people came to be baptized there.

where a woman of Samaria being come to draw water, Jesus said to her, give me to drink.

Jesus answered her, if you knew the dispensation of God, and who it is that says to you, give me to drink; you would have asked of him, and he would have given you living water.

sir, said the woman, you have nothing to draw with, and the well is deep: whence then can you get that living water?

Jesus answered her, they that drink of this water, will be thirsty again:

but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him, shall never thirst: for the water that I shall give him, shall be in him a fountain springing up to everlasting life.

sir, replied the woman, give me this water, that I may never be adry, nor come hither to draw more.

the woman then left her water-pot, and went away into the city, and said to the people, come,

Jesus went therefore a second time to Cana in Galilee, where he had changed the water into wine. now a certain nobleman was there, whose son was sick at Capernaum.

where a great number of infirm, blind, lame, and paralytic people lay waiting for the moving of the water:

(for a messenger went down at certain times into the pool, and agitated the water: the first then that stepped in after this commotion of the water, was cured of whatever disease he had.)

the sick man answered him, sir, I have nobody to put me into the pool when the water has been agitated: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.

he that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his heart shall flow rivers of living water.

but Mary taking a pound of the oil of spikenard which was very costly, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped them with her hair: so that the house was filled with the odour of the perfume.

after that, he poured water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded.

When Jesus utter'd these words, he was troubled in spirit, and said without disguise, I assure you, that one of you shall betray me.

but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and immediately blood and water issued out.

" for John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the holy ghost, not many days hence."

as they pursued their journey, they came to a place of water: and the eunuch said, see, here is water; what should hinder my being baptized?

so he order'd the charioteer to stop: and they went down into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.

when they were come out of the water, the spirit of the Lord caught away Philip, that the eunuch saw him no more: and he pursued his way with joy.

then Peter said, can we refuse the water of baptism to such as have received the holy spirit as well as we?

then I remember'd that expression of the Lord, "John baptized with water, but ye shall be baptized with the holy spirit."

however, there were some who adher'd to him, as Denis the Areopagite, a woman named Damaris, and others with them.

they threw the line and sounded twenty fathom water: a little further they sounded again, and came to fifteen fathom:

besides, having nothing to do, they get the habit of rambling from one house to another, and are not only idling, but prattle and intermeddle, and utter what is not decent.

Discontinue the drinking of bare water, take a litle wine out of regard to your weak stomach, and your frequent indispositions.

they make a profession of knowing God; but in fact they deny him, being execrably incredulous, and utter strangers to all virtue.

for when every precept of the law had been represented by Moses to all the people, he took the blood of calves and of goats, with water, wool of a scarlet dye, and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book of the law and all the people,

let us draw near with sincerity, in full assurance of faith, having our consciences purified from guilt, and our bodies washed with pure water.

does a fountain throw up salt water and fresh, by the same conveyance?

can a fig-tree, my brethren, produce olives, or a vine figs? no more can the sea yield water that is fresh.

leaving an example for your exact imitation, he who never offended, and from whose lips no fallacy was ever utter'd,

those antient rebels in the time of Noah, when the divine forbearance waited, till the ark was quite finish'd, in which only eight persons were saved by means of the water.

These are wells without water; clouds agitated with a tempest, who are consigned to the obscurity of eternal darkness.

but they are wilfully ignorant, that the heavens were originally form'd by the divine Logos, and likewise the earth, which was separated from the water, and still subsists upon it.

it appear'd by the water, and by the blood, who he was, even Jesus the Messiah; not by the water only, but by the water and by the blood: besides, the spirit is a witness too, now the spirit is truth itself.

so that there are three witnesses, the spirit, the water, and the blood: and these three testify the same thing.

they are a disgrace to your love-feasts, they indulge themselves at your festivals without reserve: clouds without water, transported with every wind: trees whose fruit soon withers and is useless, twice dead and rooted up:

to execute judgment upon all, and to convict all the impious among them, of all the impious actions they have committed, and of all the injurious expressions, which impious sinners have utter'd against him."

and the serpent spouted from his throat a flood of water, after the woman, in order to drown her with the flood.

And the SIXTH angel poured out his vial upon the great river Euphrates; and the water thereof was dried up, that the way of the kings of the east might be prepared.

and he said to me, "it is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end: to him that is a-thirst I will freely give of the fountain of living water.

Then he shewed me a pure river of living water, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God, and of the lamb.

the spirit and the bride say, come. let him that heareth, say, come. let him that is a-thirst, come: and whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.