Matthew 3:16

World English Bible (2000)

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.

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  • Mark 1:10 : 10 Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.
  • Luke 3:21-22 : 21 Now it happened, when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized, and was praying. The sky was opened, 22 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."
  • John 1:31-34 : 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."
  • Isa 11:2 : 2 The Spirit of Yahweh will rest on him: the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of Yahweh.
  • 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.
  • Acts 7:56 : 56 and said, "Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"
  • Col 1:18-19 : 18 He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. 19 For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him;
  • Isa 61:1 : 1 The Spirit of the Lord Yahweh is on me; because Yahweh has anointed me to preach good news to the humble. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and release to those who are bound;
  • Ezek 1:1 : 1 Now it happened in the thirtieth year, in the fourth [month], in the fifth [day] of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, that the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
  • John 3:34 : 34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.
  • Isa 59:21 : 21 "As for me, this is my covenant with them," says Yahweh. "My Spirit who is on you, and my words which I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of your mouth, nor out of the mouth of your seed, nor out of the mouth of your seed's seed," says Yahweh, "from henceforth and forever."

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  • Mark 1:8-12
    5 verses
    93%

    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.

  • Luke 3:21-22
    2 verses
    88%

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

    22 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."

  • John 1:31-34
    4 verses
    85%

    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."

  • Matt 3:17
    84%

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

  • Matt 3:13-15
    3 verses
    82%

    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.

  • John 3:22-23
    2 verses
    78%

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

    23 John also was baptizing in Enon near Salim, because there was much water there. They came, and were baptized.

  • 2 Pet 1:17-18
    2 verses
    75%

    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.

  • Luke 3:16
    74%

    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,

  • Matt 3:1-3
    3 verses
    74%

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

    2 "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!"

    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."

  • Matt 3:5-6
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    5 Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.

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

  • Acts 1:5
    73%

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

  • Luke 4:1
    73%

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

  • Matt 17:5
    73%

    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."

  • Mark 1:3-5
    3 verses
    72%

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

    4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

    5 All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.

  • Luke 3:3
    72%

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

  • John 3:26
    72%

    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."

  • Acts 11:16
    71%

    16 I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.'

  • Matt 4:1
    71%

    1 Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

  • John 1:28
    71%

    28 These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

  • Matt 3:11
    71%

    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.

  • Acts 2:3
    71%

    3 Tongues like fire appeared and were distributed to them, and one sat on each of them.

  • John 3:5
    70%

    5 Jesus answered, "Most certainly I tell you, unless one is born of water and spirit, he can't enter into the Kingdom of God!

  • Mark 9:7
    70%

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

  • 1 John 5:6
    70%

    6 This is he who came by water and blood, Jesus Christ; not with the water only, but with the water and the blood. It is the Spirit who testifies, because the Spirit is the truth.

  • Matt 28:19
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    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,

  • Matt 17:3
    69%

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

  • Matt 14:29
    69%

    29 He said, "Come!" Peter stepped down from the boat, and walked on the waters to come to Jesus.

  • John 4:2
    69%

    2 (although Jesus himself didn't baptize, but his disciples),

  • Acts 19:3
    69%

    3 He said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism."

  • John 1:6
    69%

    6 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

  • Luke 2:27
    69%

    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,

  • Mark 9:2
    69%

    2 After six days Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, and brought them up onto a high mountain privately by themselves, and he was changed into another form in front of them.

  • John 3:34
    69%

    34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure.