Matthew 3:13-17
King James Version
Translation: KJV
11I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:Select Matthew 3:11
12Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.Select Matthew 3:12
13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.Select Matthew 3:13
14But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?Select Matthew 3:14
15And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.Select Matthew 3:15
16And 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:Select Matthew 3:16
17And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.Select Matthew 3:17
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WEB
3:13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.
3:14 But John would have hindered him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?”
3:15 But Jesus, answering, said to him, “Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he allowed him.
3:16 Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.
3:17 Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”
ASV
3:13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
3:14 But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
3:15 But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.
3:16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;
3:17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
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