Matthew 3 (NET)

Matthew 3:1¹In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 40:3-6John 1:6-8Luke 1:13-17Luke 1:76Luke 3:1-20Matt 11:11Acts 19:3-4Acts 13:24-25Mark 1:15Matt 16:14

Matthew 3:2²“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 1:15Matt 4:17Dan 2:442 Cor 7:10Luke 24:47Matt 10:7Matt 6:10Acts 3:19Luke 15:10Matt 13:44-45

Matthew 3:3³For he is the one about whom the prophet Isaiah had spoken: “The voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 40:3Mal 3:1John 1:23Isa 57:14-15Luke 1:76Mark 1:3Luke 1:17Luke 3:3-6

Matthew 3:4⁴Now John wore clothing made from camel’s hair with a leather belt around his waist, and his diet consisted of locusts and wild honey.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 1:8Lev 11:22Mark 1:6Matt 11:8Zech 13:4Luke 1:17Mal 4:51 Sam 14:25-27Deut 32:13Matt 11:18

Matthew 3:5⁵Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mark 1:5John 3:23John 5:35Luke 16:16Luke 3:7Matt 11:7-12Matt 4:25

Matthew 3:6⁶and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Acts 19:18Matt 3:13-161 John 1:9Acts 2:38-41Ezek 36:25Heb 9:10John 1:25-28Matt 3:111 Cor 10:2Acts 1:5

Matthew 3:7⁷But when he saw many Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Matt 12:341 Thess 1:10Matt 22:23Matt 23:33Rom 5:9Matt 16:6Matt 23:13-28Rom 1:181 John 3:102 Thess 1:9-10

Matthew 3:8⁸Therefore produce fruit that proves your repentance,Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 3:8Acts 26:202 Pet 1:4-8Gal 5:22-23Eph 5:9Phil 1:11Isa 1:16-17Jer 36:3Jer 26:13Matt 21:28-30

Matthew 3:9⁹and don’t think you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that God can raise up children for Abraham from these stones!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Luke 3:8Rom 9:7-8Gal 3:27-29John 8:33Acts 13:26Gal 4:22-31Rom 4:1Luke 16:24Ezek 33:24John 8:39-40

Matthew 3:10¹⁰Even now the ax is laid at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 15:6Luke 3:9Matt 7:19John 15:2Luke 13:6-9Ezek 15:2-7Jer 17:8Mal 3:1-3Ps 92:13-141 Pet 4:17-18

Matthew 3:11¹¹“I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am—I am not worthy to carry his sandals! He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 4:4Luke 3:16Acts 1:5Zech 13:9Acts 2:2-4Mal 3:2-4Mark 1:7-8Titus 3:5Acts 11:15-161 Cor 12:13

Matthew 3:12¹²His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mal 4:1Matt 13:30Luke 3:17Isa 41:16Jer 51:2Matt 13:41Ps 1:4Jer 7:20John 15:2Mal 3:2-3

Matthew 3:13¹³Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 1:32-34Mark 1:9-11Matt 2:22Luke 3:21-22

Matthew 3:14¹⁴But John tried to prevent him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 3:3-7Acts 1:5-8John 13:6-8Eph 2:3-5Gal 3:22Gal 3:27-29Gal 4:6John 1:16Luke 1:43Rom 3:23

Matthew 3:15¹⁵So Jesus replied to him, “Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John yielded to him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:John 4:34Isa 42:21John 15:10John 13:15Luke 1:6Phil 2:7-8Ps 40:7-8John 13:7-9John 8:291 John 2:6

Matthew 3:16¹⁶After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 11:2Luke 3:21-22Mark 1:10Isa 42:1John 1:31-34Isa 61:1Acts 7:56Ezek 1:1Col 1:18-19John 3:34

Matthew 3:17¹⁷And a voice from heaven said, “This is my one dear Son; in him I take great delight.”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 42:1Matt 17:5Ps 2:7Luke 9:35Matt 12:18Mark 9:72 Pet 1:17Luke 3:22Mark 1:11John 12:28-30