I indeed am baptizing you in water, unto repentance; but One is coming after me, mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.

Then he consented. And after Jesus was baptized, as soon as he rose out of the water, lo! the heavens opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon him,

"but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness; there will be the wailing and the gnashing of teeth."

He answered, "Go!" So they came out of the men, and went into the swine, and behold! the entire herd rushed headlong down from the cliff into the sea, and perished in the water.

"And whoever gives to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, because he is a disciple, I tell you in solemn truth, he shall not lose his reward.

in fulfilment of the word spoken by the prophet, I will open my mouth in parables, I will utter things kept secret since the foundation of the world."

Peter answered, "Master, if it is you, bid me come to you upon the water."

"Come," said Jesus. Then Peter got down from the boat and walked on the water to go to Jesus.

"Master, take pity on my son, for he is an epileptic and sore distressed. Often he falls into the fire and often into the water.

"'Bind him hand and foot, 'said the king to his officers, 'and cast him into the outer darkness; there will be the wailing and the gnashing of teeth.'

"Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you tithe mint and anise and cummin, and neglect the weightier matters of the Law??ustice and mercy and good faith; these latter you ought to have done, and not to have left the former undone.

But cast out the worthless slave into the outer darkness; there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.'

So when Pilate saw that he was accomplishing nothing, but that on the contrary a riot was threatening, he took water and washed his hands in the presence of the crowd, saying. "I am innocent of the blood of this man; you must answer for it."

I have baptized you in water, but he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit."

and as soon as he rose from the water he saw the sky cleft asunder, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him,

In solemn truth I tell you that the sons of men shall be forgiven all their sins and all the blasphemies they may utter,

Afterwards Jesus began to teach by the seaside, and a vast multitude of people gathered about him, so that he went on board a boat on the sea, and sat there, while all the people stayed on shore, at the water's edge.

And instantly the little girl stood up, and began to walk, for she was twelve years old, They were at once beside themselves with utter amazement.

"From childhood," he answered; "and often it has thrown him into the fire and into the water, to destroy him; but if you can do anything, take pity on us and help us."

For whoever gives you even a cup of water to drink because you belong to Christ, in solemn truth I tell you, that he shall certainly not lose his reward.

Then he sent two of his disciples, and told them. "Go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a jar of water.

Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, and Herod was tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip, tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias, tetrarch of Abilene;

whether perhaps he were the Christ, John answered, saying to all of them. "I indeed am baptizing you in water, but One is coming after me, mightier than I, whose shoe-latchet I am not worthy to unloose. He shall baptize you in the Holy Ghost and in fire.

When he had finished speaking, he said to Simon, "Push out into deep water, and let down your nets for a haul."

"You have rightly judged." answered Jesus, and turning to the woman, he said to Simon. "Do you see this woman? When I came into your house you gave me no water for my feet; but she has wet my feet with her tears and wiped them with her hair.

But the Lord answered him. "Hypocrites!" he said, "does not each one of you loose his ox or his ass from the stall on the Sabbath Day, and lead it to water,

"And he cried out and said, 'Father Abraham have mercy on me; and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.'

So they led it to Jesus, and, after throwing their outer garments on the colt, they placed Jesus on it.

He answered. "No sooner will you have entered the city than you will meet a man carrying a water-jug. Follow him into the house were he is going.

"I indeed am baptizing in water," John said in reply, "but in your midst stands One whom you do not recognize,

I myself did not recognize him; I only came baptizing in water, in order that he might be openly shown to Israel."

And I did not recognize him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and resting upon him, is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

Now there were six stone water-jars standing there, according to the Jewish rites of purification, each holding about twenty gallons.

Jesus said, "Fill up the jars with water."

So they carried it. And when the master of the feast had tasted of the water which had been made wine, not knowing where it came from, though the attendants who had drawn it knew, he called the bridegroom and said to him.

"I tell you solemnly," Jesus answered, "that unless a man is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.

It was about noon, and a woman of Samaria came to draw water.

"If you had known the free gift of God," Jesus answered, "and who it is that says to you, 'Give me a 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 have you that living water?

"All who drink of this water," Jesus answered, "will thirst again;

but whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him, shall never thirst any more, but the water that I will give him shall become a living spring of water within him, welling up into eternal life."

"Sir!" exclaimed the woman, "give me this water, so that I may not be thirsty, nor come all this way to draw water."

Then the woman left her water-jar, and went away into the city and began saying to the people.

So he came back again to Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. Now there was one of the king's officers whose son was lying ill at Capernaum.

"Sir," answered the sick man, "I have no man to put me into the pool whenever the water is troubled; and while I am trying to come, some one else steps down before me."

"If any man thirst let him come to me and drink. From the heart of him who believes in me will flow, as the Scripture said, rivers of living water."

Then he poured water into the basin, and began to wash the feet of his disciples and to wipe them with the towel with which he had girded himself.

One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a lance, and immediately blood and water flowed out.

Then that disciple whom Jesus loved said to Peter, "It is the Lord!" On hearing that it was the Lord, Simon Peter girt his fisher's coat about him (for he was naked), and threw himself into the water.

"For John indeed baptized in water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence."

dragged him outside the city, and stoned him, the witnesses throwing off their outer garments at the feet of a young man named Saul.

And as they were going on their way they came to a certain water, and the eunuch said: "See, here is water! What hinders my being baptized?"

And he ordered the chariot to stop; and both of them, Philip and the eunuch, went down into the water, and Philip baptized him.

And when they had come up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord snatched Philip away, and the eunuch saw him no more, but continued on his way rejoicing.

Then Peter said, "Can any one refuse water for the baptism of these men who have received the Holy Spirit as well as we?"

"Then I remembered the words of the Lord, how he used to say, "John indeed baptized in water, but you shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit.'

No, it is God's wisdom that I utter, that hidden wisdom which God had decreed before the world began, unto our glory.

In the same way with you, if you utter unintelligible words with your tongue, how can what you say be understood? You will be speaking to the winds!

But thanks be to God, who in every place is leading me in the train of Christ's triumph, and is making manifest through me the knowledge of him, an odor of incense everywhere.

to these latter an odor of death to death, to the former, of life to life. For such service as this, who is sufficient?

who was caught up into Paradise, and heard unutterable words which no human being is permitted to utter.

and to lead lives of love, just as Christ also loved you and gave himself up for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for you, an offering and sacrifice unto God, for "an odor of sweetness."

But I give you a receipt in full for all things abound. I am amply supplied with what you sent by Epaphroditus??n odor of sweet fragrance, a sacrifice acceptable, well pleasing to God.

Do not continue to drink nothing but water, but take a little wine for your stomach's sake, and your frequent attacks of illness.

For a tent was built, the outer one called the Holy Place, in which were the lamp and the table and the loaves of the Presence;

Such then were the arrangements. Into the outer tent the priests enter continually in the performance of their duties;

let us draw near with a true heart, in full assurance of faith, our hearts sprinkled from and evil conscience, and our bodies bathed in pure water.

Does a spring pour forth from the same opening sweet water and bitter?

Can a fig tree, my brothers, bear olives; or a grape-vine, figs? No more can salt water yield fresh water.

who in old times had been disobedient, when God's longsuffering was waiting in the days of Noah, while an ark was building, in which a few persons??ight in number??ere saved by water.)

For they willingly ignore the fact that there were heaven, from of old, and an earth formed out of water and through water, by the word of God;

and that by the same means the world which then existed was destroyed by a deluge of water.

Jesus Christ is he who came by water and blood, not by the water only, but by the water and by the blood. The spirit is he who bears testimony, because the Spirit is the truth.

For there are three who bear testimony, the Spirit, and the water,

These are they who are stains upon your love-feasts; when they feast sumptuously without scruple, looking after none but themselves. They are clouds without water, driven along by the winds; trees of autumn, fruitless, doubly dead, torn up by the roots,

For the Lamb in the midst of the throne Will shepherd them, And will lead them to fountains of living water; And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes."

And the serpent poured water from his mouth after the woman, water like a river, so that he might cause her to be carried off by the stream.

And he was permitted to utter loud boasts and blasphemies; and there was given to him authority to continue forty-two months.

And the sixth poured his bowl upon the great river, the River Euphrates, and its water was dried up so as to make ready the way for the kings that come from the sunrising.

He also said: "It has now come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, The Beginning and the End. To him who thirsts I will freely give Of the spring of the Water of life.

And he showed me the river of the Water of Life, clear as crystal, Flowing out from the throne of God, and of the Lamb,

"And the Spirit and the Bride say 'Come!' And let him who hears, say 'Come!' And let him who thirsts, come; And whoever wills, let him take the Water of Life freely."