The “Water” Baptism
The Gospel According to Matthew
3:11 “I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance. but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
3:12 “Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
3:13 “Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
3:14 “But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
3:15 “And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
3:16 “And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
3:17 “And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
The Gospel According to Mark
1:8 “I indeed have baptized you with water: but he (Jesus) shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
1:9 “And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
1:10 “And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
1:11 “And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
The Gospel According to Luke
3:16 “John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
3:17 “Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.
3:18 “And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.
3:19 “But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
3:20 “Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.
3:21 “Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
3:22 “And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.
The Gospel According to John
1:26 “John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
1:27 “He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
1:28 “These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
1:29 “The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
1:30 “This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
1:31 “And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
1:32 “And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
1:33 “And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
1:34 “And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
