Matthew 3:15

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

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Matthew 3:15

And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

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Matthew 3:14

But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

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Matthew 3:16

And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: