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Matthew 3:14

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14But John tried to prevent* him, saying, “I needb to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”

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Footnotes

  1. *The imperfect verb is understood as conative (“tried to”)
  2. bLiterally “I have need”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

But John tried to stop him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”

NLTNew Living Translation

But John tried to talk him out of it. “I am the one who needs to be baptized by you,” he said, “so why are you coming to me?”

KJV 1900King James Version

But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?