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Matthew 3:14

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

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  1. Matthew 3:12

    Whose 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.

  2. Matthew 3:13

    Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

  3. 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.

  4. 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:

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