The Baptism of Jesus

¹³ Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.^{(A) 14} But John tried to stop him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”

¹⁵ Jesus answered him, “Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John allowed him to be baptized.

¹⁶ When Jesus was baptized, he went up immediately from the water. The heavens^(B) suddenly opened for him,^[a] and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on him.^{(C) 17} And a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well-pleased.”^(D)

The Baptism of Jesus

⁹ In^(A) those days Jesus came from Nazareth^(B) in Galilee^(C) and was baptized in the Jordan by John. ¹⁰ As soon as he came up out of the water, he saw the heavens^(D) being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. ¹¹ And a voice^(E) came from heaven:^(F) “You are my beloved^(G) Son;^(H) with you I am well-pleased.”^(I)

¹⁹ But when John rebuked Herod the tetrarch^(A) because of Herodias, his brother’s wife, and all the evil things he had done,^{(B) 20} Herod added this to everything else—he locked up John in prison.^(C)

The Baptism of Jesus

²¹ When all the people were baptized,^(D) Jesus also was baptized. As he was praying,^(E) heaven opened,^{(F) 22} and the Holy Spirit descended on him in a physical appearance like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well-pleased.”^(G)

The Lamb of God

²⁹ The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God,^(A) who takes away the sin^(B) of the world! ³⁰ This is the one I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ ³¹ I didn’t know him,^(C) but I came baptizing with water so that he might be revealed^(D) to Israel.” ³² And John testified, “I saw the Spirit^(E) descending from heaven like a dove, and he rested on him.^{(F) 33} I didn’t know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The one you see the Spirit descending and resting on—he is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’^{(G) 34} I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.”^[a](H)