Mark 1:9-11 |Matt. 3:13-17 |Luke 3:21-23 | | 9 And it came to |13 Then cometh Jesus | pass in those days, | from Galilee to the | that Jesus came from| [a]Jordan unto John,| Nazareth of Galilee,| to be baptized of | and was baptized of |14 him. But John would | John [4]in the | have hindered him, | Jordan. | saying, I have need | | to be baptized of | | thee, and comest | |15 thou to me? But | | Jesus answering said| | unto him, Suffer | | [1]_it_ now: for | | thus it becometh us | | to fulfil all | | righteousness. Then |21 Now it came to 10 And straightway | he suffereth him. | pass, when all the coming up out of the|16 And Jesus, when he | people were water, he saw the | was baptized, went | baptized, that, heavens rent | up straightway from | Jesus also having | the water: and lo, | been baptized, and | the heavens were | praying, the | opened [2]unto him, |22 heaven was opened, | and he saw the | and the Holy Ghost asunder, and the | Spirit of God | [b]descended in a Spirit as a dove | descending as a | bodily form, as a descending upon him:| dove, and coming | dove, upon him 11 and a voice came out|17 upon him; and lo, a | [_see John of the heavens, Thou| voice out of the | 1:32-34_], and a art my beloved Son, | heavens, saying, | voice came out of in thee I am well | [3]This is my | heaven, Thou art pleased [_see Ps. | beloved Son, in whom| my beloved Son; in 2:7; Isa. 42:1_]. | I am well pleased. | thee [c]I am well | |23 pleased. And Jesus | | himself, when he | | began _to teach_, | | was about thirty | | years of age. [Footnote 1: Or, me.] [Footnote 2: Some ancient authorities omit _unto him_.] [Footnote 3: Or, _This is my son; my beloved in whom I am well pleased._] [Footnote 4: Gr. _into_.]