14 But John earnestly put him back, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

15 Then Jesus answering, said to him, Let be now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill [a]all righteousness. So he suffered him.

16 And Jesus when he was baptized, came straight out of the water. And lo, the heavens were opened unto [b]him, and John saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and [lighting] upon him.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:15 All such things as it hath appointed us to keep.
  2. Matthew 3:16 To John.

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