To insist on purity is to baptize instinct, to humanize art, and to deify personality.
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Mark 1:4:
And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
(NIV)
John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness (desert), preaching a baptism [obligating] repentance (a change of one's mind for the better, heartily amending one's ways, with abhorrence of his past sins) in order to obtain forgiveness of and release from sins.
(AMP)
John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
(KJV)
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Matthew 3:11:
'I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.'
(NIV)
I indeed baptize you in (with) water because of repentance [that is, because of your changing your minds for the better, heartily amending your ways, with abhorrence of your past sins]. But He Who is coming after me is mightier than I, Whose sandals I am not worthy or fit to take off or carry; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
(AMP)
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:
(KJV)
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Luke 3:16:
John answered them all, 'I baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.'
(NIV)
John answered them all by saying, I baptize you with water; but He Who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of Whose sandals I am not fit to unfasten. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
(AMP)
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:
(KJV)
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John 1:25:
Questioned him, 'Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?'
(NIV)
And they asked him, Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?
(AMP)
And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
(KJV)
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John 1:26:
'I baptize with water,' John replied, 'but among you stands one you do not know.'
(NIV)
John answered them, I [only] baptize in (with) water. Among you there stands One Whom you do not recognize and with Whom you are not acquainted and of Whom you know nothing. [Mal. 3:1.](AMP)
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
(KJV)
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Mark 1:8:
'I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'
(NIV)
I have baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.
(AMP)
I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.
(KJV)
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John 4:2:
Although in fact it was not Jesus who baptized, but his disciples.
(NIV)
Though Jesus Himself did not baptize, but His disciples--
(AMP)
(Though Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples,)
(KJV)
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