Matthew 3:11

I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Read all of Matthew 3

2 songs meet this passage

  • The River of Dreams · Billy Joel

    resonates with Matthew 3:11

    The baptismal imagery of fire and water evokes purification and transition, even as the singer remains unsure what he believes it means.

  • I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) [Single Edit] · Meat Loaf

    strains against Matthew 3:11

    Sacred imagery of baptism and cleansing is repurposed here for comic sexual metaphor, emptying it of its real meaning.

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