Matthew 3:14-16

English Standard Version

^14 (A)John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” ¹⁵ But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. ¹⁶ And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, ^(B)the heavens were opened to him,^[a] and he ^(C)saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him;