But John tried to prevent him, saying,“ I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”

约翰想要拦住他，说：“我当受你的洗，你反倒上我这里来吗？”

约翰想要阻止他，说：“我应该受你的洗，你怎么到我这里来呢？”

约翰想要阻止他，说：“我应该受你的洗，你怎么到我这里来呢？”

约翰想要拦住祂，就说：“应该是你为我施洗才对，你反倒来找我？”

约翰想要阻止他，说：“我应该受你的洗，你却到我这里来吗？”

约翰想要阻止他，说：“我需要受你的洗礼，你反而到我这里来吗？”

約翰想要攔住他，說：「我當受你的洗，你反倒上我這裏來嗎？」

約翰想要阻止他，說：「我應該受你的洗，你怎麼到我這裏來呢？」

約翰想要阻止他，說：「我應該受你的洗，你怎麼到我這裏來呢？」

約翰想要攔住祂，就說：「應該是你為我施洗才對，你反倒來找我？」

約翰想要阻止他，說：“我應該受你的洗，你卻到我這裡來嗎？”

約翰想法子要攔住他，就說：『我需要受你的洗，你倒來找我麼？』

約翰想要阻止他，說：「我需要受你的洗禮，你反而到我這裡來嗎？」

約翰辭曰、我應受洗於爾、爾乃就我乎、

約翰辭曰、我應受洗於爾、爾反就我乎、

約翰辭之曰、我應受洗於爾、爾反就我乎、

如望辭曰：『吾當受爾之洗、安可就我乎？』

But John tried to deter him, saying,“ I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”

But John tried to stop him. So he told Jesus,“ I need to be baptized by you. So why do you come to me?”

John would have prevented him, saying,“ I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”

But John tried to talk him out of it.“ I am the one who needs to be baptized by you,” he said,“ so why are you coming to me?”

But John tried to stop him, saying,“ I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”

But John tried to prevent Him, saying,“ I have the need to be baptized by You, and yet You are coming to me?”

And John tried to prevent Him, saying,“ I need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?”

But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

But John tried to stop Him, saying,“ I need to be baptized by You, and yet You come to me?”

But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

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

Jesus replied,“ I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born from above, he cannot see the kingdom of God.”Nicodemus said to him,“ How can a man be born when he is old? He cannot enter his mother’s womb and be born a second time, can he?”Jesus answered,“ I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.Do not be amazed that I said to you,‘ You must all be born from above.’

For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”So when they had gathered together, they began to ask him,“ Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom to Israel?”He told them,“ You are not permitted to know the times or periods that the Father has set by his own authority.But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the farthest parts of the earth.”

Then he came to Simon Peter. Peter said to him,“ Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”Jesus replied,“ You do not understand what I am doing now, but you will understand after these things.”Peter said to him,“ You will never wash my feet!” Jesus replied,“ If I do not wash you, you have no share with me.”

God publicly displayed him at his death as the mercy seat accessible through faith. This was to demonstrate his righteousness, because God in his forbearance had passed over the sins previously committed.

For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female– for all of you are one in Christ Jesus.And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to the promise.

For we have all received from his fullness one gracious gift after another.

And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who calls“ Abba! Father!”

And who am I that the mother of my Lord should come and visit me?

among whom all of us also formerly lived out our lives in the cravings of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath even as the rest…But God, being rich in mercy, because of his great love with which he loved us,even though we were dead in transgressions, made us alive together with Christ– by grace you are saved!–

for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God.

But the scripture imprisoned everything and everyone under sin so that the promise could be given– because of the faithfulness of Jesus Christ– to those who believe.

After these things I looked, and here was an enormous crowd that no one could count, made up of persons from every nation, tribe, people, and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb dressed in long white robes, and with palm branches in their hands.They were shouting out in a loud voice,“ Salvation belongs to our God, to the one seated on the throne, and to the Lamb!”And all the angels stood there in a circle around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they threw themselves down with their faces to the ground before the throne and worshiped God,saying,“ Amen! Praise and glory, and wisdom and thanksgiving, and honor and power and strength be to our God for ever and ever. Amen!”Then one of the elders asked me,“ These dressed in long white robes– who are they and where have they come from?”So I said to him,“ My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me,“ These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb!For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them.They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat,because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”