Bible Verses About Baptism: John's

Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.

They were immersed by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for his immersion, he said to them, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance!

Then Yeshua came from Galilee to the Jordan to Yochanan, to be immersed by him.

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

But Yeshua, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him.

Yeshua, when he was immersed, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.

Yochanan came immersing in the wilderness and proclaiming the immersion of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were immersed by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.

I immersed you in water, but he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.”

In those days, Yeshua came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was immersed by Yochanan in the Jordan.

Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be immersed by him, “You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?

Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance, and don’t begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father;’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!

When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been immersed with Yochanan’s immersion.

But the Pharisees and the Torah scholars rejected the counsel of God, not being immersed by him themselves.

They asked him, “Why then do you immerse, if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”

Yochanan answered them, “I immerse in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know.

He said, “Into what then were you immersed?” They said, “Into Yochanan’s immersion.”

Paul said, “Yochanan indeed immersed with the immersion of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Yeshua.”