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12 He will separate the chaff from the grain, burning the chaff with never-ending fire and storing away the grain.”

13 Then Jesus went from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized there by John. 14 John didn’t want to do it.

“This isn’t proper,” he said. “I am the one who needs to be baptized by you.”

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12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”(A)

The Baptism of Jesus(B)

13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.(C) 14 But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”

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