Bible verse

Mark 1:8

I baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

Mark 1:8 · BSB

Mark 1:8 in context

The verses around it, from Mark 1.

4 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

5 People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

6 John was clothed in camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.

7 And he began to proclaim: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

8 I baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

10 As soon as Jesus came up out of the water, He saw the heavens breaking open and the Spirit descending on Him like a dove.

11 And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”

12 At once the Spirit drove Jesus into the wilderness,

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Mark 1:8 in other translations

KJV

I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

ASV

I baptized you in water; but he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

ERV

I baptized you with water; but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

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