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Luk 3:21 — Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

that		Mat 3:13-15; Mar 1:9; Jhn 1:32-34
and praying		Luk 9:28,29; Jhn 12:27,28
the heaven		Mat 3:16,17; Mar 1:10; Jhn 1:32; etc.

Correlating Passages

that

	Mat 3:13	Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.
	Mat 3:14	But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?
	Mat 3:15	And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it to be so] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
	Mar 1:9	And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan.
	Jhn 1:32	And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.
	Jhn 1:33	And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost.
	Jhn 1:34	And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.

and praying

	Luk 9:28	And it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and John and James, and went up into a mountain to pray.
	Luk 9:29	And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance was altered, and his raiment [was] white [and] glistering.
	Jhn 12:27	Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause came I unto this hour.
	Jhn 12:28	Father, glorify thy name. Then came there a voice from heaven, [saying], I have both glorified [it], and will glorify [it] again.

the heaven

	Mat 3:16	And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
	Mat 3:17	And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
	Mar 1:10	And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him:
	Jhn 1:32	And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

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Scott, Thomas. "Luke 3:21," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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