But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
Matthew 3:14 KJV
New International Version
But John tried to deter him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”
Matthew 3:14 NIV
But Ihon forbade hym saynge: I ought to be baptysed of the: and comest thou to me?
Matthew 3:14 TYN
- Matthew 3:14 (Wikipedia)
Matthew 3:14 is the fourteenth verse of the third chapter of the Gospel of Matthew in the New Testament. Jesus has come to John the Baptist to be baptized, but in this verse John balks at doing so.