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11 I ritually cleanse you through baptism[a] as a mark of turning your life around. But someone is coming after me, someone whose sandals I am not fit to carry, someone who is more powerful than I. He will wash[b] you not in water but in fire and with the Holy Spirit. 12 He carries a winnowing fork in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor; He will gather up the good wheat in His barn, and He will burn the chaff with a fire that cannot be put out.

13 And then, the One of whom John spoke—the all-powerful Jesus—came to the Jordan from Galilee to be washed[c] by John.

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  1. 3:11 Literally, immerse, to show repentance
  2. 3:11 Literally, immerse, in a rite of initiation and purification
  3. 3:13 Literally, immersed, to show repentance

11 “I baptize you with[a] water for repentance.(A) But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit(B) and fire.(C) 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”(D)

The Baptism of Jesus(E)

13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.(F)

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  1. Matthew 3:11 Or in
  2. Matthew 3:11 Or in