Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant: When you reach the edge of the water,[a] stand in the Jordan.”

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Footnotes

  1. 3:8 Lit waters of the Jordan

Tell the priests(A) who carry the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the Jordan’s waters, go and stand in the river.’”

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Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the vicinity of the Jordan were going out to him, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.(A)

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People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan. Confessing their sins, they were baptized(A) by him in the Jordan River.

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The Baptism of Jesus

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

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The Baptism of Jesus(A)

13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.(B)

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