KJV King James Version
John answered, saying unto [them] all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Luke 3:16
John answered, saying unto [them] all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
WEB World English Bible
John answered them all, “I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,
ASV American Standard Version
John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire:
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
John answered, saying to all, ‘I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals—he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;
Surrounding context — Luke 3
13 And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you.
14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse [any] falsely; and be content with your wages.
15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
16 John answered, saying unto [them] all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
17 Whose fan [is] in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
18 And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
19 But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip’s wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
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ἀπεκρίνατοG611 · apokrinōto answerλέγωνG3004 · legōto sayπᾶσινG3956 · pasallὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἸωάννης·G2491 · IōannēsJohnἐγὼG1473 · egōI/weμὲνG3303 · menon the other handὕδατιG5204 · hudōr, hudatoswaterβαπτίζωG907 · baptizōto baptizeὑμᾶς·G4771 · suyouἔρχεταιG2064 · erchomaito come/goδὲG1161 · dethenὁG3588 · hothe/this/whoἰσχυρότερόςG2478 · ischurosstrongμου,G3165 · memeοὗG3739 · hos, hēwhichοὐκG3756 · ounoεἰμὶG1510 · eimito beἱκανὸςG2425 · hikanossufficientλῦσαιG3089 · luōto looseτὸνG3588 · hothe/this/whoἱμάνταG2438 · himasleather strapτῶνG3588 · hothe/this/whoὑποδημάτωνG5266 · hupodēmasandalαὐτοῦ.G846 · autosit/s/heαὐτὸςG846 · autosit/s/heὑμᾶςG4771 · suyouβαπτίσειG907 · baptizōto baptizeἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongπνεύματιG4151 · pneumaspirit/breath: spiritἁγίῳG40 · hagiosholyκαὶG2532 · kaiandπυρί,G4442 · purfire
Cross-references
Matthew 3:11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and [with] fire:Acts 1:5For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.Acts 11:15-16And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.John 1:33And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.John 1:26John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;Acts 19:4-5Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.Joel 2:28-29And it shall come to pass afterward, [that] I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions:Acts 2:3-4And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.Isaiah 4:4When the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from the midst thereof by the spirit of judgment, and by the spirit of burning.Mark 1:7-8And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.Malachi 3:2-3But who may abide the day of his coming? and who shall stand when he appeareth? for he [is] like a refiner’s fire, and like fullers’ soap:Zechariah 13:9And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It [is] my people: and they shall say, The LORD [is] my God.1 Corinthians 12:13For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether [we be] Jews or Gentiles, whether [we be] bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.Isaiah 32:15Until the spirit be poured upon us from on high, and the wilderness be a fruitful field, and the fruitful field be counted for a forest.Acts 13:24-25When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.John 7:38He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.Acts 2:17-18And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:Proverbs 1:23Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
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