And it came to pass in those days, that when all the people were baptized by John, the Lord Jesus came from Galilee, from Nazareth of Galilee, to the Jordan to John to be baptized by him.

And John restrained Him, and said, I must be baptized by Thee, and dost Thou come to me? But the Lord Jesus answered and said to him, "Leave it now; for thus it behooves us to fulfill all righteousness. Then John admits Him.

And the Lord Jesus was baptized by John in the Jordan.

And when He was baptized and prayed, behold, the heavens were opened to Him, and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form, like a dove. And immediately John saw the heavens opening and the Spirit of God descending like a dove and descending upon Him.

And behold, there was a voice from heaven, saying to him who was being baptized: Thou art my beloved Son; in Thee is My good pleasure! and to the Baptist: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased!

Having been baptized in this way, Christ the Lord immediately came out of the water. He was then about thirty years old.

19. Forty-day fast.

Mf. 4, 1, 2;

Mk. 1, 12, 13;

Lux. 4, 1, 2.

Immediately after this, the Lord Jesus, filled with the Holy Spirit, was led by this Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted by the devil. And there in the wilderness He was tempted by Satan for forty days, and He was with the beasts. He ate nothing in these days; and after they had passed, having fasted forty days and forty nights, he hungered for the end.

20. Temptation from the devil and his defeat.

Mf. 4, 3-11;

Mk. 1, 13;