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Multitudes flocked to hear him. Many were

convicted of their sins, and were baptized by

him in the Jordan.

God had made known to John that some day

the Messiah would come to him and ask to be

baptized. He had also promised that a sign

should be given him, so that he might know

who it was.

When Jesus came, John saw in His face such

signs of His holy life, that he forbade Him,

saying: “I have need to be baptized of Thee,

and comest Thou to me?

“And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it

to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil

all righteousness.” Matthew 3:14, 15.

And as He said this, there was seen upon His

face the same heavenly light that Simeon had

beheld.