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 and comest  Thou  to  me?”  Jesus  answering,  said:  “Suffer  it  now, for so  it  becometh  us  to  fulfil  all  justice.”  John  obeyed  the command, and  Jesus  was  baptized.

Then the  heavens  were  opened;  the  Holy  Ghost  descended upon Him  in  the  form  of  a dove,  and  a voice from  heaven exclaimed: “This  is  My  beloved  Son,  in  whom  I am  well-pleased.” Thus did  the  Eternal  Father  and  the  Holy  Ghost  give  testimony that Jesus  was  the  Son  of  God  and  the  Redeemer  of  the  world.

Before commencing  His  great  work,  Jesus  was  led  by  the Spirit into  the  desert,  where  He  prayed  and  fasted  forty  days and forty  nights. Then He  was  hungry,  and  Satan ,  coming  to tempt  Him,  said:  “If  Thou  be  the  Son  of  God ,  command  that these stones  be  made  bread.”  But  Jesus  answered: “It  is  written :