Luke 3:21

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“When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,”

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BSBPD

“When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And it came to pass, in all the people being baptised, Jesus also being baptised, and praying, the heaven was opened,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Luke 3:21 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Matthew 3:13At that time Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to be baptized by John.
  2. Matthew 14:23After He had sent them away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, He was there alone,
  3. Mark 1:9In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.
  4. Luke 5:16Yet He frequently withdrew to the wilderness to pray.
  5. Luke 9:18One day as Jesus was praying in private and the disciples were with Him, He questioned them: “Who do the crowds say I am?”
  6. Luke 9:28About eight days after Jesus had said these things, He took with Him Peter, John, and James, and went up on a mountain to pray.
  7. John 1:32Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.
  8. John 12:27Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.

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