World English Bible
"But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?""
— Matthew 3:14, World English Bible
“But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?”
“But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? ”
“But John tried to prevent him, saying,“I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?””
“But John stayed him, saying: I ought to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?”
“But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?”
“But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?”
I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire."
Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?"
But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed him.
Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.
Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."