Luke 3:22

World English Bible (2000)

and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form as a dove on him; and a voice came out of the sky, saying "You are my beloved Son. In you I am well pleased."

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  • 2 Pet 1:17-18 : 17 For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." 18 We heard this voice come out of heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.
  • John 1:32 : 32 John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.
  • Matt 17:5 : 5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him."
  • Ps 2:7 : 7 I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, "You are my son. Today I have become your father.
  • Luke 9:34-35 : 34 While he said these things, a cloud came and overshadowed them, and they were afraid as they entered into the cloud. 35 A voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!"
  • Isa 42:1 : 1 "Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights-- I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
  • Matt 3:17 : 17 Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."
  • Matt 12:18 : 18 "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.
  • Acts 10:38 : 38 even Jesus of Nazareth, how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power, who went about doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the devil, for God was with him.
  • 1 Pet 2:4 : 4 coming to him, a living stone, rejected indeed by men, but chosen by God, precious.
  • Col 1:13 : 13 who delivered us out of the power of darkness, and translated us into the Kingdom of the Son of his love;
  • Matt 27:43 : 43 He trusts in God. Let God deliver him now, if he wants him; for he said, 'I am the Son of God.'"
  • Luke 4:21 : 21 He began to tell them, "Today, this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing."

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

    14 But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?"

    15 But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed him.

    16 Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him.

    17 Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."

  • Mark 1:8-12
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    8 I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit."

    9 It happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

    10 Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

    11 A voice came out of the sky, "You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

    12 Immediately the Spirit drove him out into the wilderness.

  • 21 Now it happened, when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened,

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    17 For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

    18 We heard this voice come out of heaven when we were with him on the holy mountain.

  • 5 While he was still speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. Behold, a voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased. Listen to him."

  • John 1:30-34
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    30 This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.'

    31 I didn't know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel."

    32 John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.

    33 I didn't recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

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

  • 35 A voice came out of the cloud, saying, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him!"

  • 7 A cloud came, overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my beloved Son. Listen to him."

  • 22 After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them, and baptized.

  • 27 He came in the Spirit into the temple. When the parents brought in the child, Jesus, that they might do concerning him according to the custom of the law,

  • 16 John answered them all, "I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,

  • 1 Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness

  • 23 Jesus himself, when he began to teach, was about thirty years old, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,

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    17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

    18 "Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit on him. He will proclaim justice to the nations.

  • 9 He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, "If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,

  • 1 In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

  • John 3:34-35
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    34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.

    35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.

  • Mark 1:2-3
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    2 As it is written in the prophets, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.

    3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"

  • 3 He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.

  • 6 They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

  • 11 The unclean spirits, whenever they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, "You are the Son of God!"

  • 11 I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

  • 3 For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, make ready the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight."

  • 26 They came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him."

  • 5 For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now."

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    7 I will tell of the decree. Yahweh said to me, "You are my son. Today I have become your father.

  • 26 Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.

  • 37 you yourselves know what happened, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;

  • 28 Father, glorify your name!" Then there came a voice out of the sky, saying, "I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again."

  • 35 The angel answered her, "The Holy Spirit will come on you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you. Therefore also the holy one who is born from you will be called the Son of God.

  • 5 For to which of the angels did he say at any time, "You are my Son. Today have I become your father?" and again, "I will be to him a Father, and he will be to me a Son?"

  • 3 Behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them talking with him.

  • 32 He will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,

  • 19 Go, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,