Matthew 3:15

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Jesus answered him, 'Allow it for now, because this is the proper way for us to fulfill all righteousness.' Then John allowed Him.

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  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said to them, "My food is to do the will of the one who sent me and to accomplish his work.
  • John 8:29 : 29 The one who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him."
  • John 13:7-9 : 7 Jesus answered him, 'What I am doing you do not understand now, but afterward you will understand.' 8 Peter said to Him, 'You will never wash my feet!' Jesus answered, 'If I do not wash you, you have no share with Me.' 9 Simon Peter said to Him, 'Lord, not only my feet but also my hands and my head!'
  • John 13:15 : 15 For I have given you an example, so that you also should do just as I have done for you.
  • John 15:10 : 10 If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commandments and remain in his love.
  • Phil 2:7-8 : 7 but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of humanity. And being found in appearance as a man, 8 He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death—even death on a cross.
  • Isa 42:21 : 21 The LORD was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to make His law great and glorious.
  • Luke 1:6 : 6 Both were righteous in the sight of God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and requirements of the Lord.
  • 1 Pet 2:21-24 : 21 To this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example to follow in His footsteps. 22 He committed no sin, and no deceit was found in His mouth. 23 When He was reviled, He did not revile in return. When He suffered, He did not threaten, but entrusted Himself to the One who judges justly. 24 He Himself bore our sins in His body on the tree, so that we, having died to sins, might live for righteousness. By His wounds, you have been healed.
  • 1 John 2:6 : 6 Whoever says they abide in Him must also walk as He walked.
  • Heb 7:26 : 26 Such a high priest truly meets our need: one who is holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
  • Ps 40:7-8 : 7 Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but You have prepared my ears to listen; burnt offering and sin offering You did not require. 8 Then I said, 'Here I am; I have come. In the scroll of the book it is written about me.'

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  • Matt 3:13-14
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    13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

    14But John tried to stop Him, saying, 'I need to be baptized by You, and yet You are coming to me?'

  • Matt 3:16-17
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    78%

    16After Jesus was baptized, He immediately came up from the water. At that moment, the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming upon Him.

    17And a voice from heaven said, 'This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.'

  • Mark 1:8-11
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    76%

    8'I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

    9In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

    10As Jesus came up out of the water, he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

    11And a voice came from heaven: 'You are my beloved Son; in you I am well pleased.'

  • Luke 3:21-22
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    21Now when all the people were being baptized, Jesus was also baptized. And as he was praying, heaven was opened,

    22and the Holy Spirit descended on him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: "You are my beloved Son; in you, I am well pleased."

  • John 3:22
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    22After these things, Jesus and His disciples went to the Judean countryside, where He spent time with them and baptized.

  • Luke 3:12-13
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    12Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?"

    13He told them, "Do not collect anything more than what is required."

  • Matt 3:5-6
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    72%

    5Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and the entire region around the Jordan were going out to him,

    6and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

  • John 3:26
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    26So they came to John and said to him, 'Rabbi, the one who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you testified—look, He is baptizing, and everyone is coming to Him.'

  • John 1:31-34
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    31I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.

    32Then John testified, saying, 'I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on Him.'

    33I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining is the One who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.'

    34I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.

  • Luke 12:50
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    50But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is finished!

  • Luke 7:29
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    29(When all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged that God's way was right, because they had been baptized by John.)

  • Matt 3:1-3
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    71%

    1At that time, John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

    2and saying, 'Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near.'

    3This is the one who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: 'A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight.'

  • Luke 3:3-4
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    3And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

    4as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.'"

  • Mark 11:30
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    30'Was John's baptism from heaven or from men? Answer me.'

  • Mark 10:38-39
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    38Jesus said to them, 'You do not know what you are asking. Can you drink the cup I drink or be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with?'

    39'We can,' they answered. Jesus said to them, 'You will drink the cup I drink and be baptized with the baptism I am baptized with,

  • Mark 1:3-5
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    3'A voice is calling out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make his paths straight.'

    4John appeared in the wilderness, baptizing and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

    5The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem came out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

  • Luke 3:16
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    16John answered them all by saying, "I baptize you with water, but one who is mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

  • John 1:25-26
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    25They asked him, 'Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?'

    26John answered them, saying, 'I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know.'

  • John 1:28
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    28This all happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

  • Acts 19:3-4
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    3Paul then asked, "Into what, then, were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."

    4Paul said, "John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him—that is, in Jesus."

  • Luke 4:12
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    12Jesus answered him, 'It is said: You shall not test the Lord your God.'

  • Matt 11:3
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    3"Are You the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?"

  • John 12:30
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    30Jesus replied, "This voice did not come for My sake, but for yours."

  • John 3:30
    68%

    30He must increase, but I must decrease.

  • Matt 19:14
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    14But Jesus said, "Let the children come to me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

  • Luke 20:4
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    4Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?'

  • Mark 5:37
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    37He did not allow anyone to follow Him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.

  • Acts 8:36
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    36As they traveled along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, 'Look, here is water! What is stopping me from being baptized?'

  • Matt 12:17
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    17This was to fulfill what was spoken through Isaiah the prophet:

  • Matt 11:26
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    26Yes, Father, for this was Your good pleasure.

  • Acts 13:24
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    24Before His coming, John had already proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.