Matthew 3:15

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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.

Jesus answered and said to him, What I do thou dost not know now, but thou shalt know hereafter.

Then said I, Behold, I come, in the volume of the book it is written of me --

Jehovah had delight in him for his righteousness' sake: he hath magnified the law, and made it honourable.

And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

Jesus says to them, My food is that I should do the will of him that has sent me, and that I should finish his work.

And he that has sent me is with me; he has not left me alone, because I do always the things that are pleasing to him.

for I have given you an example that, as I have done to you, ye should do also.

If ye shall keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love, as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love.

but emptied himself, taking a bondman's form, taking his place in the likeness of men;

For such a high priest became us, holy, harmless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and become higher than the heavens:

For to this have ye been called; for Christ also has suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow in his steps:

He that says he abides in him ought, even as he walked, himself also so to walk.

After these things was a feast of the Jews, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem.