I did not know who he would be, but I came baptizing with water in order to make him known to the people of Israel."

At that time Jesus arrived from Galilee and came to John at the Jordan to be baptized by him.

But Jesus answered him, "Let it be so for now. For in this way we shall do all that God requires." So John agreed.

"I am telling you the truth," replied Jesus, "that no one can enter the Kingdom of God without being born of water and the Spirit.

The one whom God has sent speaks God's words, because God gives him the fullness of his Spirit.

I baptize you with water to show that you have repented, but the one who will come after me will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. He is much greater than I am; and I am not good enough even to carry his sandals.

But John tried to make him change his mind. "I ought to be baptized by you," John said, "and yet you have come to me!"

He announced to the people, "The man who will come after me is much greater than I am. I am not good enough even to bend down and untie his sandals.

I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

So John said to all of them, "I baptize you with water, but someone is coming who is much greater than I am. I am not good enough even to untie his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit."

They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to talk in other languages, as the Spirit enabled them to speak.

While Peter was still speaking, the Holy Spirit came down on all those who were listening to his message.

For they heard them speaking in strange tongues and praising God's greatness. Peter spoke up:

And when I began to speak, the Holy Spirit came down on them just as on us at the beginning.

Then I remembered what the Lord had said: 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.'

and asked them, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit when you became believers?" "We have not even heard that there is a Holy Spirit," they answered.

Paul said, "The baptism of John was for those who turned from their sins; and he told the people of Israel to believe in the one who was coming after him---that is, in Jesus."

Paul placed his hands on them, and the Holy Spirit came upon them; they spoke in strange tongues and also proclaimed God's message.

In the same way, all of us, whether Jews or Gentiles, whether slaves or free, have been baptized into the one body by the same Spirit, and we have all been given the one Spirit to drink.

he saved us. It was not because of any good deeds that we ourselves had done, but because of his own mercy that he saved us, through the Holy Spirit, who gives us new birth and new life by washing us.

God poured out the Holy Spirit abundantly on us through Jesus Christ our Savior,