Matthew 3:6 “Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.”

Matthew 3:6

Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

American Standard Version

and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

Geneva Bible 1599

And they were baptized of him in Iordan, confessing their sinnes.

Darby Translation

and were baptised by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

Young's Literal Translation

and they were baptized in the Jordan by him, confessing their sins.

Bible in Basic English

And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.

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Cross references

“were”

Acts 19:18 Matthew 3:13–16 Matthew 3:11 Ezekiel 36:25 John 1:25–28 Acts 2:38–41

Acts 19:18 · BSB

Many who had believed now came forward, confessing and disclosing their deeds.

Matthew 3:13–16 · BSB

At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.

Matthew 3:11 · BSB

I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Ezekiel 36:25 · BSB

I will also sprinkle clean water on you, and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your impurities and all your idols.

John 1:25–28 · BSB

asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

Acts 2:38–41 · BSB

Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

“confessing”

1 John 1:9 Leviticus 16:21 Leviticus 26:40 Numbers 5:7 Joshua 7:19 Psalm 32:5

1 John 1:9 · BSB

If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

Leviticus 16:21 · BSB

Then he is to lay both hands on the head of the live goat and confess over it all the iniquities and rebellious acts of the Israelites in regard to all their sins. He is to put them on the goat’s head and send it away in…

Leviticus 26:40 · BSB

But if they will confess their iniquity and that of their fathers in the unfaithfulness that they practiced against Me, by which they have also walked in hostility toward Me—

Numbers 5:7 · BSB

and must confess the sin he has committed. He must make full restitution, add a fifth to its value, and give all this to the one he has wronged.

Joshua 7:19 · BSB

So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

Psalm 32:5 · BSB

Then I acknowledged my sin to You and did not hide my iniquity. I said, “I will confess my transgressions to the LORD,” and You forgave the guilt of my sin. Selah

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region around the Jordan.

7But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

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