Jesus Gets Baptized

Before Jesus started teaching and doing miracles, He went to the Jordan River. A man named John the Baptist was there, baptizing people who wanted to turn away from their sins.

Jesus walked up to John. 'Will you baptize Me?'

John was shocked! 'ME baptize YOU? It should be the other way around! You should baptize ME!'

But Jesus said, 'This is the right thing to do. Please.'

So John baptized Jesus in the river.

When Jesus came up out of the water, something AMAZING happened!

The sky opened up! The Holy Spirit came down like a gentle dove and landed on Jesus.

Then a voice boomed from heaven—GOD'S voice!

'This is My SON! I LOVE Him! I am SO pleased with Him!'

Wow! God the Father spoke from heaven. God the Son stood in the water. God the Spirit came down like a dove. All three were there together!

This was the start of Jesus' ministry. Now everyone would see who He really was—the Son of God who came to save the world.

When we get baptized, we're showing everyone that we belong to Jesus too!