This verse is from the Gospel of Matthew, one of the three synoptic Gospels in the New Testament of the Bible, and is about the baptism of Jesus Christ — celebrated in the Catholic faith on Jan. 12.
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Baptism was not a new idea ... near the area where John was probably preaching. Some Bible scholars think that John may have had connections with this community. Matthew records that when Jesus ...