Matthew 3:15
"Let it be so on this occasion," Jesus replied; "for so we ought to fulfil every religious duty." Then he consented;
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
In Context
14John protested. "It is I," he said, "who have need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"
Cross References
Luke 1:6They were both of them upright before God, blamelessly obeying all the Lord's precepts and ordinances.
John 8:29And He who sent me is with me. He has not left me alone: for I do always what is pleasing to Him."
John 13:15For I have set you an example in order that you may do what I have done to you.
Philippians 2:7Nay, He stripped Himself of His glory, and took on Him the nature of a bondservant by becoming a man like other men.
1 Peter 2:21And it is to this you were called; because Christ also suffered on your behalf, leaving you an example so that you should follow 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 →