13 (A)[a]Then came Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John to be baptized of him.

14 But John earnestly put him back, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

15 Then Jesus answering, said to him, Let be now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill [b]all righteousness. So he suffered him.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:13 Christ sanctified our baptism in himself.
  2. Matthew 3:15 All such things as it hath appointed us to keep.

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