3 ¹³ Then Jesus arrived at the Jordan from Galilee, and came to John to be baptized by him. 3 ¹⁴ John tried to dissuade him. 'Do you come to me?' he said; 'I need rather to be baptized by you.' 3 ¹⁵ Jesus replied, 'Let it be so for the present; we do well to conform in this way with all that God requires.' John then allowed him to come. 3 ¹⁶ After baptism Jesus came up out of the water at once, and at that moment heaven opened; he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove to alight upon him; 3 ¹⁷ and a voice from heaven was heard saying, 'This is my Son, my Beloved, Or: This is my only Son. on whom my favour rests.'