Luke 3:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

The Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove, and a voice came from heaven, saying, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

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  • 2 Pet 1:17-18 : 17 For God the Father gave him honour and glory, when such a voice came to him out of the great glory, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased. 18 And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.
  • John 1:32 : 32 And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.
  • Ps 2:7 : 7 I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being.
  • Luke 9:34-35 : 34 And while he said these things, the shade of a cloud came over them, and they were full of fear when they went into the cloud. 35 And there was a voice from the cloud saying, This is my Son, the man of my selection; give ear to him.
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 See my servant, whom I am supporting, my loved one, in whom I take delight: I have put my spirit on him; he will give the knowledge of the true God to the nations.
  • Matt 3:17 : 17 And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
  • Matt 12:18 : 18 See my servant, the man of my selection, my loved one in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him, and he will make my decision clear to the Gentiles.
  • Acts 10:38 : 38 About Jesus of Nazareth, how God gave the Holy Spirit to him, with power: and how he went about doing good and making well all who were troubled by evil spirits, for God was with him.
  • 1 Pet 2:4 : 4 To whom you come, as to a living stone, not honoured by men, but of great and special value to God;
  • Col 1:13 : 13 Who has made us free from the power of evil and given us a place in the kingdom of the Son of his love;
  • Matt 27:43 : 43 He put his faith in God; let God be his saviour now, if he will have him; for he said, I am the Son of God.
  • Luke 4:21 : 21 Then he said to them, Today this word has come true in your hearing.

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  • Matt 3:13-17
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    13Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.

    14But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

    15But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism.

    16And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;

    17And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

  • Mark 1:8-12
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    91%

    8I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.

    9And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan.

    10And straight away, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens broken open and the Spirit coming down on him as a dove:

    11And a voice came out of heaven, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

    12And straight away the Spirit sent him out into the waste land.

  • Luke 3:21
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    21Now it came about that when all the people had been given baptism, Jesus, having had baptism with them, was in prayer, when, the heaven being open,

  • 2 Pet 1:17-18
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    17For God the Father gave him honour and glory, when such a voice came to him out of the great glory, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

    18And this voice came from heaven even to our ears, when we were with him on the holy mountain.

  • Matt 17:5
    80%

    5While he was still talking, a bright cloud came over them: and a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased; give ear to him.

  • John 1:30-34
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    80%

    30This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.

    31I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.

    32And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.

    33I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.

    34This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.

  • Luke 9:35
    76%

    35And there was a voice from the cloud saying, This is my Son, the man of my selection; give ear to him.

  • Mark 9:7
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    7And a cloud came over them; and a voice came out of the cloud, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, give ear to him.

  • John 3:22
    71%

    22After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

  • Luke 2:27
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    27And full of the Spirit he came into the Temple; and when the father and mother came in with the child Jesus, to do with him what was ordered by the law,

  • Luke 3:16
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    16John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

  • Luke 4:1
    69%

    1And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, came back from the Jordan, and was guided by the Spirit in the waste land

  • Luke 3:23
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    23And Jesus at this time was about thirty years old, being the son (as it seemed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

  • Matt 12:17-18
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    17So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

    18See my servant, the man of my selection, my loved one in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him, and he will make my decision clear to the Gentiles.

  • Luke 4:9
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    9And he took him to Jerusalem and put him on the highest point of the Temple and said to him, If you are the Son of God, let yourself go down from here; for it is said in the Writings,

  • Matt 3:1
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    1And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

  • John 3:34-35
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    34For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure.

    35The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands.

  • Mark 1:2-3
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    68%

    2Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

    3The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight;

  • Luke 3:3
    68%

    3And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

  • Matt 3:6
    68%

    6And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.

  • Mark 3:11
    68%

    11And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God.

  • Matt 3:11
    68%

    11Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

  • Matt 3:3
    68%

    3For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

  • John 3:26
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    26And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.

  • Acts 1:5
    68%

    5For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

  • Ps 2:7
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    7I will make clear the Lord's decision: he has said to me, You are my son, this day have I given you being.

  • Matt 11:26
    67%

    26Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.

  • Acts 10:37
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    37That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,

  • John 12:28
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    28Father, give glory to your name. Then there came a voice out of heaven, saying, I have given it glory, and I will give it glory again.

  • Luke 1:35
    67%

    35And the angel in answer said to her, The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will come to rest on you, and so that which will come to birth will be named holy, Son of God.

  • Heb 1:5
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    5To which of the angels did God say at any time, You are my Son, this day I have given you being? or, I will be his Father, and he will be my Son?

  • Matt 17:3
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    3And Moses and Elijah came before their eyes, talking with him.

  • Luke 1:32
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    32He will be great, and will be named the Son of the Most High: and the Lord God will give him the kingdom of David, his father:

  • Matt 28:19
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    19Go then, and make disciples of all the nations, giving them baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit: