^{14 Ref} But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

^{14 Ref} but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized -- and thou dost come unto me!'

^{14 Ref} But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?"