Later Jesus went to Jerusalem for a special feast.
“Three times each year all your males must come before the Lord God, the God of Israel.
Jesus answered, “Let it be this way for now. We should do all things that are God’s will.” So John agreed to baptize Jesus.
When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover Feast, Jesus went to Jerusalem.
But when the right time came, God sent his Son who was born of a woman and lived under the law.
Celebrate the Passover of the Lord your God during the month of Abib, because it was during Abib that he brought you out of Egypt at night.
All your men must come before the Lord three times a year to the place he will choose. They must come at these times: the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Shelters. No man should come before the Lord without a gift.
