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<a href="../mark/1.htm">Mark 1:1-8</a>; <a href="../luke/3.htm">Luke 3:1-20</a>; <a href="../john/1.htm#19">John 1:19-28</a>)</span></p><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext1">In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext2">In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Now in those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext4">In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="btext5">In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Wilderness of Judea</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext1">and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near."</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.”</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand."</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><span class="btext5">and saying, "Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!"</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext1">This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: "A voice of one calling in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for him.'"</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext2">For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord; make his paths straight.’”</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext3">For this is the one referred to by Isaiah the prophet when he said, "THE VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE READY THE WAY OF THE LORD, MAKE HIS PATHS STRAIGHT!'"</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext4">For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span><span class="btext5">For he is the one spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, who said: A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight! </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext1">John's clothes were made of camel's hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Now John wore a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Now John himself had a garment of camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And the same John had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span><span class="btext5">John himself had a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext1">People went out to him from Jerusalem and all Judea and the whole region of the Jordan.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region about the Jordan were going out to him,</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Then Jerusalem was going out to him, and all Judea and all the district around the Jordan;</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Then went out to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan,</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the vicinity of the Jordan were flocking to him, </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext3">and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, as they confessed their sins.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And were baptized of him in Jordan, confessing their sins.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span><span class="btext5">and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to where he was baptizing, he said to them: "You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext3">But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming for baptism, he said to them, "You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext4">But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span><span class="btext5">When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to the place of his baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Produce fruit in keeping with repentance.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Bear fruit in keeping with repentance.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"Therefore bear fruit in keeping with repentance;</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Bring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance:</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And do not think you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext3">and do not suppose that you can say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father'; for I say to you that from these stones God is able to raise up children to Abraham.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to <i>our</i> father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><span class="btext5">And don't presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father.' For I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones! </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext1">The ax is already at the root of the trees, and every tree that does not produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Even now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"The axe is already laid at the root of the trees; therefore every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And now also the axe is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Even now the ax is ready to strike the root of the trees! Therefore, every tree that doesn't produce good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire." </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext1">"I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext2">“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext4">I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and <i>with</i> fire:</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span><span class="btext5">I baptize you with water for repentance, but the One who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove His sandals. He Himself will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext1">His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor, gathering his wheat into the barn and burning up the chaff with unquenchable fire."</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext2">His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing floor and gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.”</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext3">"His winnowing fork is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clear His threshing floor; and He will gather His wheat into the barn, but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire."</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Whose fan <i>is</i> in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the garner; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span><span class="btext5">His winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will clear His threshing floor and gather His wheat into the barn. But the chaff He will burn up with fire that never goes out." </span></td></tr></table> <a name="13" id="13"></a><p class="hdg">The Baptism of Jesus<br /><p class="cross">(<a href="../mark/1.htm#9">Mark 1:9-11</a>; <a href="../luke/3.htm#21">Luke 3:21-22</a>; <a href="../john/1.htm#29">John 1:29-34</a>)</span></p><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/niv/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NIV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/esv/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>ESV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/nasb/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>NASB</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/kjv/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>KJV</td><td class="version" width="20%"><a href="/hcsb/matthew/3.htm"><img src="/lnk.gif" border="0"></a>HCSB</td></tr></table><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext2">Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext3">Then Jesus arrived from Galilee at the Jordan coming to John, to be baptized by him.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext4">Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext1">But John tried to deter him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext2">John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext3">But John tried to prevent Him, saying, "I have need to be baptized by You, and do You come to me?"</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext4">But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span><span class="btext5">But John tried to stop Him, saying, "I need to be baptized by You, and yet You come to me?" </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext1">Jesus replied, "Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness." Then John consented.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext2">But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext3">But Jesus answering said to him, "Permit it at this time; for in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he permitted Him.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer <i>it to be so</i> now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span><span class="btext5">Jesus answered him, "Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed Him to be baptized. </span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext1">As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him.</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext2">And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext3">After being baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove and lighting on Him,</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:</span></td><td width="20%" class="even" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="btext5">After Jesus was baptized, He went up immediately from the water. The heavens suddenly opened for Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on Him.</span></td></tr></table> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext1">And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased."</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext2">and behold, a voice from heaven said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext3">and behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is My beloved Son, in whom I am well-pleased."</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext4">And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.</span></td><td width="20%" class="odd" valign="top"><span class="reftext"><a href="/matthew/3-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span><span class="btext5">And there came a voice from heaven: This is My beloved Son. 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