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^(C1)Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized, and while He was ^(C2)praying, heaven was opened,

and the Holy Spirit descended upon Him in bodily form like a dove, and a voice came from heaven: "^(C1)You are My beloved Son, in You I am well pleased."

^(C1)When He began His ministry, Jesus Himself was about thirty years old, being, as was commonly held, the son of ^(C2)Joseph, ^(F1)the son of ^(F2)Eli,

the son of Matthat, the son of Levi, the son of Melchi, the son of Jannai, the son of Joseph,

the son of Mattathias, the son of Amos, the son of Nahum, the son of ^(F1)Hesli, the son of Naggai,

the son of Maath, the son of Mattathias, the son of Semein, the son of Josech, the son of Joda,

the son of Joanan, the son of Rhesa, ^(C1)the son of Zerubbabel, the son of ^(F1)Shealtiel, the son of Neri,

the son of Melchi, the son of Addi, the son of Cosam, the son of Elmadam, the son of Er,

the son of ^(F1)Joshua, the son of Eliezer, the son of Jorim, the son of Matthat, the son of Levi,

the son of Simeon, the son of ^(F1)Judah, the son of Joseph, the son of Jonam, the son of Eliakim,

the son of Melea, the son of Menna, the son of Mattatha, the son of Nathan, the son of David,

^(C1)the son of Jesse, the son of Obed, the son of Boaz, the son of ^(F1)Salmon, the son of ^(F2)Nahshon,

the son of Amminadab, the son of Admin, the son of ^(F1)Ram, the son of Hezron, the son of Perez, the son of Judah,

the son of Jacob, the son of Isaac, ^(C1)the son of Abraham, the son of Terah, the son of Nahor,

the son of Serug, the son of ^(F1)Reu, the son of Peleg, the son of ^(F2)Heber, the son of Shelah,

the son of Cainan, the son of Arphaxad, the son of Shem, ^(C1)the son of Noah, the son of Lamech,

the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mahalaleel, the son of Cainan,

the son of Enosh, the son of Seth, the son of Adam, the son of God.