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Matthew 3:14

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

Matthew 3:14 WEB

Matthew 3:14 in the King James Version

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

Context

13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.

14 But John would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?”

15 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.

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