^16 (A)When He had been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and ^[a]He saw ^(B)the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting upon Him.

^10 (A)And immediately, coming up ^[a]from the water, He saw the heavens ^[b]parting and the Spirit ^(B)descending upon Him like a dove.

³¹ I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, ^(A)therefore I came baptizing with water.”

^32 (B)And John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him. ³³ I did not know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, ^(C)this is He who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ ³⁴ And I have seen and testified that this is the ^(D)Son of God.”

John Baptizes Jesus^(A)

²¹ When all the people were baptized, ^(B)it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized; and while He prayed, the heaven was opened. ²² And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, “You are My beloved Son; in You I am ^(C)well pleased.”

The Servant of the Lord

⁵⁶ and said, “Look! ^(A)I see the heavens opened and the ^(B)Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”

The Good News of Salvation

¹⁸ And ^(A)He is the head of the body, the church, who is the beginning, ^(B)the firstborn from the dead, that in all things He may have the preeminence.

Reconciled in Christ

¹⁹ For it pleased the Father that ^(C)in Him all the fullness should dwell,