Matthew 3:14-16

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¹⁴ But John tried to stop him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and are you coming to me?”

¹⁵ But Jesus answered him, “Let it be this way for now, because this is the proper way for us to fulfill all righteousness.”^[a]

At this, he permitted him to be baptized.^{[b] 16} When Jesus had been baptized, he immediately came up out of the water. Suddenly, the heavens opened up for him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him.