Matthew 3:14-16

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¹⁴ John tried to stop him.

“I ought to be baptized by you,” he said, “and are you going to come to me?”

¹⁵ “This is how it’s got to be right now,” said Jesus. “This is the right way for us to complete God’s whole saving plan.”

So John consented, ¹⁶ and Jesus was baptized. All at once, as he came up out of the water, suddenly the heavens were opened, and he saw God’s spirit coming down like a dove and landing on him.