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  "id": "matthew-3-15",
  "source": "Matthew",
  "pericope": "The Baptism of Jesus",
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  "verse_start": 13,
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      "v": 13,
      "text": "Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him."
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      "v": 15,
      "text": "But Jesus, answering, said to him,"
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      "v": 15,
      "text": "“Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.”",
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      "v": 15,
      "text": "Then he allowed him."
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      "v": 16,
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      "v": 16,
      "text": "Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him."
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    {
      "v": 17,
      "text": "Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, “This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased.”"
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      "v": 13,
      "text": "Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him."
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      "v": 14,
      "text": "But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?"
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      "v": 15,
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      "v": 15,
      "text": "And Jesus answering said unto him,"
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      "v": 15,
      "text": "Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness.",
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      "v": 15,
      "text": "Then he suffered him."
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      "v": 16,
      "text": "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:"
    },
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      "v": 17,
      "text": "And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
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  "aland_number": 18,
  "epoch": 1,
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  "reference": "Matthew 3:13–17",
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