15 As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning sJohn, whether he might be tthe Christ, 16 John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you uwith water, vbut he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the wHoly Spirit and fire. 17 His xwinnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to ygather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with zunquenchable fire.”
18 So with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people.
The Baptism of Jesus
13 rThen Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all srighteousness.” Then he consented. 16 And when Jesus was baptized, immediately he went up from the water, and behold, tthe heavens were opened to him,1 and he saw the uSpirit of God descending like a dove and coming to rest on him; 17 and behold, a voice from heaven said, v“This is my wbeloved Son,2 xwith whom I am well pleased.”
The Genealogy of Jesus Christ
23 Jesus, when he began his ministry, was about jthirty years of age, being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,
