Matthew 3:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But 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.

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  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
  • John 8:29 : 29 He who sent me is with me; he has not gone from me, because at all times I do the things which are pleasing to him.
  • John 13:7-9 : 7 And Jesus, answering, said to him, What I do is not clear to you now, but it will be clear to you in time to come. 8 Peter said, I will never let my feet be washed by you, never. Jesus said in answer, If I do not make you clean you have no part with me. 9 Simon Peter said to him, Lord, not my feet only, but my hands and my head.
  • John 13:15 : 15 I have given you an example, so that you may do what I have done to you.
  • John 15:10 : 10 If you keep my laws, you will be ever in my love, even as I have kept my Father's laws, and am ever in his love.
  • Phil 2:7-8 : 7 But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men; 8 And being seen in form as a man, he took the lowest place, and let himself be put to death, even the death of the cross.
  • Isa 42:21 : 21 It was the Lord's pleasure, because of his righteousness, to make the teaching great and give it honour.
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 They were upright in the eyes of God, keeping all the rules and orders of God, and doing no wrong.
  • 1 Pet 2:21-24 : 21 This is God's purpose for you: because Jesus himself underwent punishment for you, giving you an example, so that you might go in his footsteps: 22 Who did no evil, and there was no deceit in his mouth: 23 To sharp words he gave no sharp answer; when he was undergoing pain, no angry word came from his lips; but he put himself into the hands of the judge of righteousness: 24 He took our sins on himself, giving his body to be nailed on the tree, so that we, being dead to sin, might have a new life in righteousness, and by his wounds we have been made well.
  • 1 John 2:6 : 6 He who says that he is living in him, will do as he did.
  • Heb 7:26 : 26 It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, having no part with sinners, and made higher than the heavens:
  • Ps 40:7-8 : 7 Then I said, See, I come; it is recorded of me in the roll of the book, 8 My delight is to do your pleasure, O my God; truly, your law is in my heart.

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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?

  • Matt 3:16-17
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    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 1:8-11
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    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.

  • Luke 3:21-22
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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,

    22The 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.

  • John 3:22
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    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 3:12-13
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    12Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?

    13And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount.

  • Matt 3:5-6
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    5Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;

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

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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.

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    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.

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    50But there is a baptism which I have to undergo; and how am I kept back till it is complete!

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    29(And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.

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    1And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

    2Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near.

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    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.

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

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    3And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John.

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    12And Jesus made answer and said to him, It is said in the Writings, You may not put the Lord your God to the test.

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    30Jesus said in answer, This voice came not for me but for you.

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    30He has to become greater while I become less.

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    4The baptism of John, was it from heaven or of men?

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    36And while they were going on their way, they came to some water, and the Ethiopian said, See, here is water; why may I not have baptism?

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    17So that what was said by Isaiah the prophet might come true,

  • Matt 11:26
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    26Yes, Father, for so it was pleasing in your eyes.

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    24For whose coming John made ready the way by preaching to all the people of Israel the baptism which goes with a change of heart.