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Matthew 3:11–12

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11“I baptize you with vwater for repentance, wxbut the One who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove yHis sandals. He Himself will baptize you with zthe Holy Spirit and fire. a12His winnowing shovel bis in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn. But the chaff He will burn up with fire that never goes out.” c

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Footnotes

  1. v3:11 Or in
  2. w3:11 Baptism was the means by which repentance was expressed publicly.
  3. y3:11 Or to carry
  4. z3:11 Or in
  5. b3:12 A wooden farm implement used to toss threshed grain into the wind so the lighter chaff would blow away and separate from the heavier grain

Cross references

  1. x3:11 Mk 1:4, 8; Jn 1:26; Ac 1:5
  2. a3:11 Is 4:4; Jn 1:33; Ac 2:3–4; 11:16; Ti 3:5
  3. c3:12 Is 30:24; Mt 13:30; Mk 9:43, 48; Lk 3:17

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 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.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove his sandals. He himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn. But the chaff he will burn with fire that never goes out.”

NLTNew Living Translation

“I baptize with water those who repent of their sins and turn to God. But someone is coming soon who is greater than I am—so much greater that I’m not worthy even to be his slave and carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. He is ready to separate the chaff from the wheat with his winnowing fork. Then he will clean up the threshing area, gathering the wheat into his barn but burning the chaff with never-ending fire.”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who comes after me is more powerful than I am, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. His winnowing shovel is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

KJV 1900King James Version

I 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: Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.