NIV: But John tried to deter him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"
NAS: But John tried to prevent Him, saying, "I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?"
KJV: But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
GWT: But John tried to stop him and said, "I need to be baptized by you. Why are you coming to me?"
ASV: But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
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?
DBY: but John urgently forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptised of thee; and comest thou to me?
DRB: But John stayed him, saying: I ought to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?
WBS: But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?
WEB: But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?"
YLT: but John was forbidding him, saying, 'I have need by thee to be baptized -- and thou dost come unto me!'
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