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

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 3:15 All such things as it hath appointed us to keep.

15 Jesus replied, “Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John consented.

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While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud shadowed them: and behold, there came a voice out of the cloud, saying, (A) This is [a]that my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased: hear him.

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Footnotes

  1. Matthew 17:5 The article or the word, That, severeth Christ from other children. For he is God’s natural Son, we by adoption, therefore he is called the first begotten among the brethren, because that although he be of right the only Son, yet is he chief among many in that he is the fountain and head of the adoption.

While he was still speaking, a bright cloud covered them, and a voice from the cloud said, “This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased.(A) Listen to him!”(B)

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