A moment in scripture
Matthew 3:15
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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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The surrounding passage
- Matthew 3:13
Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
- Matthew 3:14
But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
- 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:
- Matthew 3:17
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.