Matthew 3:15

Good News Translation (US Version)

But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so for now. For in this way we shall do all that God requires.” So John agreed.

Cross References

John 4:34

“My food,” Jesus said to them, “is to obey the will of the one who sent me and to finish the work he gave me to do.

John 15:10

If you obey my commands, you will remain in my love, just as I have obeyed my Father's commands and remain in his love.

John 13:15

I have set an example for you, so that you will do just what I have done for you.

Isaiah 42:21

The Lord is a God who is eager to save, so he exalted his laws and teachings, and he wanted his people to honor them.

1 John 2:6

if we say that we remain in union with God, we should live just as Jesus Christ did.

Luke 1:6

They both lived good lives in God's sight and obeyed fully all the Lord's laws and commands.

John 8:29

And he who sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I always do what pleases him.”

Hebrews 7:26

Jesus, then, is the High Priest that meets our needs. He is holy; he has no fault or sin in him; he has been set apart from sinners and raised above the heavens.

Matthew 3:14

But John tried to make him change his mind. “I ought to be baptized by you,” John said, “and yet you have come to me!”