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Mat 3:11 — 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:

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

baptize		Mat 3:6; Mar 1:4,8; Luk 3:3,16; Jhn 1:26,33; Act 1:5; Act 11:16; Act 13:24; Act 19:4
but		Luk 1:17; Jhn 1:15,26,27,30,34; Jhn 3:23-36
whose		Mar 1:7; Luk 7:6,7; Act 13:25; Eph 3:8; 1Pe 5:5
he shall		Isa 4:4; Isa 44:3; Isa 59:20,21; Zec 13:9; Mal 3:2-4; Mar 1:8; Luk 3:16; Jhn 1:33; Act 1:5; Act 2:2-4; Act 11:15,16; 1Cr 12:13; Gal 3:27,28

Correlating Passages

baptize

	Mat 3:6	And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.
	Mar 1:4	John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
	Mar 1:8	I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
	Luk 3:3	And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
	Luk 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:
	Jhn 1:26	John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
	Jhn 1:33	And 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.
	Act 1:5	For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
	Act 11:16	Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
	Act 13:24	When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
	Act 19:4	Then 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.

but

	Luk 1:17	And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
	Jhn 1:15	John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
	Jhn 1:26	John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
	Jhn 1:27	He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
	Jhn 1:30	This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
	Jhn 1:34	And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
	Jhn 3:23	And John also was baptizing in Aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.
	Jhn 3:24	For John was not yet cast into prison.
	Jhn 3:25	Then there arose a question between [some] of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.
	Jhn 3:26	And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all [men] come to him.
	Jhn 3:27	John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
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whose

	Mar 1:7	And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
	Luk 7:6	Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:
	Luk 7:7	Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.
	Act 13:25	And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not [he]. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of [his] feet I am not worthy to loose.
	Eph 3:8	Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ;
	1Pe 5:5	Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all [of you] be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

he shall

	Isa 4:4	When 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.
	Isa 44:3	For I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground: I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thine offspring:
	Isa 59:20	And the Redeemer shall come to Zion, and unto them that turn from transgression in Jacob, saith the LORD.
	Isa 59:21	As for me, this [is] my covenant with them, saith the LORD; My spirit that [is] upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the LORD, from henceforth and for ever.
	Zec 13:9	And 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.
	Mal 3:2	But 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:
	Mal 3:3	And he shall sit [as] a refiner and purifier of silver: and he shall purify the sons of Levi, and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the LORD an offering in righteousness.
	Mal 3:4	Then shall the offering of Judah and Jerusalem be pleasant unto the LORD, as in the days of old, and as in former years.
	Mar 1:8	I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
	Luk 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:
	Jhn 1:33	And 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.
	Act 1:5	For John truly baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.
	Act 2:2	And suddenly there came a sound from heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.
	Act 2:3	And there appeared unto them cloven tongues like as of fire, and it sat upon each of them.
	Act 2:4	And they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.
	Act 11:15	And as I began to speak, the Holy Ghost fell on them, as on us at the beginning.
	Act 11:16	Then remembered I the word of the Lord, how that he said, John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost.
	1Cr 12:13	For 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.
	Gal 3:27	For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.
	Gal 3:28	There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

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Scott, Thomas. "Matthew 3:11," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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