And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and to exalt him.
Matthew 3:15 - Catholic Public Domain Version And responding, Jesus said to him: "Permit this for now. For in this way it is fitting for us to fulfill all justice." Then he allowed him. 更多版本King James Version (Oxford) 1769 And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But Jesus replied to him, Permit it just now; for this is the fitting way for [both of] us to fulfill all righteousness [that is, to perform completely whatever is right]. Then he permitted Him. American Standard Version (1901) But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him. Common English Bible Jesus answered, “Allow me to be baptized now. This is necessary to fulfill all righteousness.” So John agreed to baptize Jesus. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And Jesus answering, said to him: Suffer it to be so now. For so it becometh us to fulfill all justice. Then he suffered him. English Standard Version 2016 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented. |
And the Lord was willing to sanctify him, and to magnify the law, and to exalt him.
But John refused him, saying, "I ought to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?"
Now they were both just before God, progressing in all of the commandments and the justifications of the Lord without blame.
For I have given you an example, so that just as I have done for you, so also should you do.
If you keep my precepts, you shall abide in my love, just as I also have kept my Father's precepts and I abide in his love.
Jesus said to them: "My food is to do the will of the One who sent me, so that I may perfect his work.
And he who sent me is with me, and he has not abandoned me alone. For I always do what is pleasing to him."
For it was fitting that we should have such a High Priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted higher than the heavens.
Whoever declares himself to remain in him, ought to walk just as he himself walked.