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Matthew 3:15
New English Translation

15 So Jesus replied[a] to him, “Let it happen now,[b] for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John[c] yielded[d] to him.

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  1. Matthew 3:15 tn Grk “but Jesus, answering, said.” This construction with passive participle and finite verb is pleonastic (redundant) and has been simplified in the translation to “replied to him.”
  2. Matthew 3:15 tn Grk “Permit now.”
  3. Matthew 3:15 tn Grk “he”; the referent (John the Baptist) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  4. Matthew 3:15 tn Or “permitted him.”
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