Matthew 3:15
And Jesus answered, and said to him: Allow it now, for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he permitted him.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
14But John refused him; and said, I need to be baptized by thee, and hast thou come to me?
Cross References
Luke 1:6And they were both upright before God, and walked in all his commandments, and in the righteousness of the Lord, without reproach.
John 8:29And he that sent me, is with me; and my Father hath not left me alone, because I do, at all times, that which pleaseth him.
John 13:15For I have given you this example, that ye might do, as I have done to you.
Philippians 2:7yet divested himself, and assumed the likeness of a servant, and was in the likeness of men, and was found in fashion as a man;
1 Peter 2:21For unto this were ye called; because the Messiah also died for us, and left us this pattern, that ye should walk in his steps.
Matthew Henry on Matthew 3:14-17
The Baptism of Jesus. 13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14 But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? 15 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. 16 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… Read the whole commentary →