Matthew 3:17

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Luke 9:35 : 35 And there was a voice from the cloud saying, This is my Son, the man of my selection; give ear to him.
  • Mark 9:7 : 7 And 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 12:28-30 : 28 Father, 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. 29 Hearing the sound, a number of people who were there said that it was thunder: others said, An angel was talking to him. 30 Jesus said in answer, This voice came not for me but for you.
  • 2 Pet 1:17 : 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.
  • 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.
  • Eph 1:6 : 6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, which he freely gave to us in the Loved One:
  • 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;
  • Luke 3:22 : 22 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.
  • Mark 1:11 : 11 And a voice came out of heaven, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
  • Isa 42:21 : 21 It was the Lord's pleasure, because of his righteousness, to make the teaching great and give it honour.
  • John 5:37 : 37 And the Father himself who sent me has given witness about me. Not one of you has ever given ear to his voice; his form you have not seen.
  • Rev 14:2 : 2 And a voice from heaven came to my ears, like the sound of great waters, and the sound of loud thunder: and the voice which came to me was like the sound of players, playing on instruments of music.

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  • Mark 1:8-12
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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.

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

  • 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.

  • Matt 17:2-6
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    2And he was changed in form before them; and his face was shining like the sun, and his clothing became white as light.

    3And Moses and Elijah came before their eyes, talking with him.

    4And Peter made answer and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if you will let me, I will make here three tents, one for you, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.

    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.

    6And at these words the disciples went down on their faces in great fear.

  • 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 3:15-16
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    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;

  • Luke 9:35-36
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    35And there was a voice from the cloud saying, This is my Son, the man of my selection; give ear to him.

    36And after the voice was gone they saw that Jesus was by himself. And they kept quiet, and said nothing at that time to anyone of the things which they had seen.

  • 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.

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

  • John 1:30-34
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    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.

  • 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.

  • 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 3:1-3
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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.

    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 12:28-30
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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.

    29Hearing the sound, a number of people who were there said that it was thunder: others said, An angel was talking to him.

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

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

  • 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?

  • 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,

  • Mark 1:2-3
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    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;

  • John 3:35
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    35The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands.

  • Matt 16:16-17
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    16And Simon Peter made answer and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.

    17And Jesus made answer and said to him, A blessing on you, Simon Bar-jonah: because this knowledge has not come to you from flesh and blood, but from my Father in heaven.

  • Mark 3:11
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    11And the unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, went down before him, crying out, and saying, You are the Son of God.

  • John 17:1
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    1Jesus said these things; then, lifting his eyes to heaven, he said, Father, the time has now come; give glory to your Son, so that the Son may give glory to you:

  • 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.

  • Matt 14:33
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    33And those who were in the boat gave him worship, saying, Truly you are the Son of God.

  • Acts 13:33
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    33Which God has now put into effect for our children, by sending Jesus; as it says in the second Psalm, You are my Son; this day I have given you being.

  • Luke 22:70
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    70And they all said, Are you then the Son of God? and he said, You say that I am.

  • Matt 3:6
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    6And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.

  • Luke 3:3
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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.