Who was Jesus speaking too there??? JEWS! He was telling them, as John the Baptist did, to Repent and be Baptized. That was the thing being discussed here. Not our believe on FAITH. We the church are to believe on faith. Nothing else is required. Paul makes it clear, FAITH and FAITH alone. Believe in what Jesus did on the cross. That is ours. The church’s. Faith in Jesus Christ. No works. Faith. Our works come AFTER we are saved. What we do after we are SAVED. Baptism is not part of it. This was Jewish. Christ came to fulfill the OT covenant to the Jews. Not to the church. As he told his Disciples, go not to the Samaritans or Gentiles, but the lost sheep of Israel. This is Jewish here in the line of Scripture you sent me. Not church.