¹⁵ Now while the people were in a state of expectation and they all were thinking carefully in their hearts about John, ^(A)whether he himself perhaps was the ^[a]Christ, ^16 (B)John responded to them all, saying, “As for me, I baptize you with water; but He is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the straps of His sandals; He will baptize you ^[b]with the Holy Spirit and fire.

²⁰ Herod also added this to them all: ^(A)he locked John up in prison.

Jesus Is Baptized

^21 (B)Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized, and while He was ^(C)praying, heaven was opened, ²² and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven: “^(D)You are My beloved Son, in You I am well pleased.”

Genealogy of Jesus

^23 (E)When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years old, being, as was commonly held, the son of ^(F)Joseph, ^[a]the son of ^[b]Eli,