Matthew 3:16 - English Majority Text Version 2009

¹⁶ And having been baptized, Jesus came up immediately from the water; and behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming upon Him.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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 him:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ And when Jesus was baptized, He went up at once out of the water; and behold, the heavens were opened, and he [John] saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on Him.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;

Common English Bible

¹⁶ When Jesus was baptized, he immediately came up out of the water. Heaven was opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God coming down like a dove and resting on him.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ And Jesus, having been baptized, ascended from the water immediately, and behold, the heavens were opened to him. And he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and alighting on him.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ And Jesus being baptized, forthwith came out of the water: and lo, the heavens were opened to him: and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him.

Matthew 3:16 Cross References

Mark 1:10

And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit coming down upon Him like a dove.

John 1:51

And He said to him, "Most assuredly I say to you, from now on you shall see heaven opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man."

John 3:34

For He whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.

Acts 1:22

beginning from the baptism of John until the day in which He was taken up from us, one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection."

Acts 7:56

and he said, "Behold! I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!"

1 John 5:6

This is He who came through water and blood-Jesus Christ, not only by the water, but by the water and the blood. And the Spirit is He[ ]who witnesses, because the Spirit is the truth.