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Matthew 3:15

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“Please do so, because it's good for us to do what God says is right,” Jesus told him. So John agreed to do it.

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Because the Lord does what is right he wanted to show how important and wonderful his instructions were.

But John tried to change his mind. He told Jesus, “I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me to baptize you?”

They both did what was right before God, being careful to follow all the Lord's commandments and regulations.

I have set you an example, so you should do just as I did.

If you do what I say, you will remain in my love, just as I do what my Father says and remain in his love.

Jesus told them, “My food is to do the will of the one who sent me, and to complete his work.

The one who sent me is with me; he has not abandoned me, for I always do what pleases him.”

He is exactly the high priest we need: holy and without fault, pure and separate from sinners, and given a place in the highest heavens.

Whoever claims to be living in him should behave like Jesus.