Parallel MAT 3:14

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AICNT But [John][fn] tried to prevent him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?”

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OEB But John tried to prevent him.
¶ ‘I need to be baptized by you,’ he said, ‘so why have you come to me?’

WEBBE But John would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptised by you, and you come to me?”

WMBB But Yochanan would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be immersed by you, and you come to me?”

NET But John tried to prevent him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”

LSV but John was forbidding Him, saying, “I have need to be immersed by You—and You come to me?”

FBV But John tried to change his mind. He told Jesus, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me to baptize you?”

TCNT But John tried to prevent him, saying, “I need to be baptized by yoʋ, and do yoʋ come to me?”

T4T When Jesus asked John to baptize him, John objected, saying, “I need to be baptized by you {you to baptize me} because you are superior to me. Since you are not a sinner, ◄you(sg) should not come to me to be baptized by me {to ask that I baptize you(sg)}!/why do you come to me to be baptized by me {ask that I baptize you(sg)} [RHQ]?►”

LEB But John tried to prevent[fn] him, saying, “I need[fn] to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”

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BBE But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

Moff No Moff MAT book available

Wymth John protested. "It is I," he said, "who have need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"

ASV But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

DRA But John stayed him, saying: I ought to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?

YLT but John was forbidding him, saying, 'I have need by thee to be baptized — and thou dost come unto me!'

Drby but John urgently forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptised of thee; and comest thou to me?

RV But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

Wbstr But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?

KJB-1769 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
   (But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee/you, and comest/come thou/you to me? )

KJB-1611 But Iohn forbade him, saying, I haue need to bee baptized of thee, and commest thou to me?
   (But Yohn forbade him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee/you, and comest/come thou/you to me?)

Bshps But Iohn forbad hym, saying. I haue nede to be baptized of thee, and commest thou to me?
   (Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation)

Gnva But Iohn earnestly put him backe, saying, I haue neede to be baptized of thee, and commest thou to me?
   (But Yohn earnestly put him back, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee/you, and comest/come thou/you to me? )

Cvdl But Iho forbade hym, saynge: I haue nede to be baptysed of the: and commest thou to me?
   (But Iho forbade him, saying: I have need to be baptised of them: and comest/come thou/you to me?)

TNT But Ihon forbade hym saynge: I ought to be baptysed of the: and comest thou to me?
   (But Yohn forbade him saying: I ought to be baptised of them: and comest/come thou/you to me? )

Wycl And Joon forbede him, and seide, Y owe to be baptisid of thee, and thou comest to me?
   (And Yohn forbede him, and said, I owe to be baptised of thee/you, and thou/you comest/come to me?)

Luth Aber Johannes wehrete ihm und sprach: Ich bedarf wohl, daß ich von dir getauft werde, und du kommest zu mir?
   (But Yohannes wehrete him and spoke: I bedarf wohl, that I from you/to_you getauft become, and you come to mir?)

ClVg Joannes autem prohibebat eum, dicens: Ego a te debeo baptizari, et tu venis ad me?
   (Yoannes however prohibebat him, saying: I from you(sg) debeo baptizari, and you venis to me? )

UGNT ὁ δὲ Ἰωάννης διεκώλυεν αὐτὸν λέγων, ἐγὼ χρείαν ἔχω ὑπὸ σοῦ βαπτισθῆναι, καὶ σὺ ἔρχῃ πρός με?
   (ho de Yōannaʸs diekōluen auton legōn, egō ⱪreian eⱪō hupo sou baptisthaʸnai, kai su erⱪaʸ pros me?)

SBL-GNT ὁ δὲ ⸀Ἰωάννης διεκώλυεν αὐτὸν λέγων· Ἐγὼ χρείαν ἔχω ὑπὸ σοῦ βαπτισθῆναι, καὶ σὺ ἔρχῃ πρός με;
   (ho de ⸀Yōannaʸs diekōluen auton legōn; Egō ⱪreian eⱪō hupo sou baptisthaʸnai, kai su erⱪaʸ pros me;)

TC-GNT Ὁ δὲ [fn]Ἰωάννης διεκώλυεν αὐτόν, λέγων, Ἐγὼ χρείαν ἔχω ὑπὸ σοῦ βαπτισθῆναι, καὶ σὺ ἔρχῃ πρός με;
   (Ho de Yōannaʸs diekōluen auton, legōn, Egō ⱪreian eⱪō hupo sou baptisthaʸnai, kai su erⱪaʸ pros me; )

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Key for above GNTs: red:words differ (from our SR-GNT base).