15But Jesus answering said to him, 'Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfil all righteousness,' then he doth suffer him.


In Context

12 whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather his wheat to the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.'

13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,

14 but John was forbidding him, saying, 'I have need by thee to be baptized — and thou dost come unto me!'

15 But Jesus answering said to him, 'Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfil all righteousness,' then he doth suffer him.

16 And having been baptized, Jesus went up immediately from the water, and lo, opened to him were the heavens, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him,

17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, 'This is My Son — the Beloved, in whom I did delight.'

Matthew 3:15 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:15And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it to be so] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:15Jesus replied, "Let it be so now; it is proper for us to do this to fulfill all righteousness." Then John consented.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:15And Jesus answering, said to him: Suffer it to be so now. For so it becometh us to fulfill all justice. Then he suffered him.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:15But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15But Jesus answering said to him, Suffer it now; for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffers him.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:15But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15And Jesus answering said to him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:15But Jesus, answering, said to him, |Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness.| Then he allowed him.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:15And Jesus answering said to him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him.