Bible verse
When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,
Luke 3:21 · BSB
The verses around it, from Luke 3.
17 His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”
18 With these and many other exhortations, John proclaimed the good news to the people.
19 But when he rebuked Herod the tetrarch regarding his brother’s wife Herodias and all the evils he had done,
20 Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.
21 When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,
22 and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
23 Jesus Himself was about thirty years old when He began His ministry. He was regarded as the son of Joseph, the son of Heli,
24 the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,
25 the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of Esli, the son of Naggai,
KJV
Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
ASV
Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
ERV
Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
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