Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River.
But John tried to prevent him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”
So Jesus replied to him, “Let it happen now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then John yielded to him.
After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming on him.
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit,
The one who believes and is baptized will be saved, but the one who does not believe will be condemned.
Jesus answered, “I tell you the solemn truth, unless a person is born of water and spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
You have made known to me the paths of life;
you will make me full of joy with your presence.’
“Brothers, I can speak confidently to you about our forefather David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
So then, because he was a prophet and knew that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one of his descendants on his throne,
David by foreseeing this spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that he was neither abandoned to Hades, nor did his body experience decay.
This Jesus God raised up, and we are all witnesses of it.
So then, exalted to the right hand of God, and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from the Father, he has poured out what you both see and hear.
For David did not ascend into heaven, but he himself says,
‘The Lord said to my lord,
“Sit at my right hand
until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet.”’
Therefore let all the house of Israel know beyond a doubt that God has made this Jesus whom you crucified both Lord and Christ.”
Now when they heard this, they were acutely distressed and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles, “What should we do, brothers?”
Peter said to them, “Repent, and each one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.
For the promise is for you and your children, and for all who are far away, as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”
With many other words he testified and exhorted them saying, “Save yourselves from this perverse generation!”
So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about three thousand people were added.
Therefore we have been buried with him through baptism into death, in order that just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we too may live a new life.
Having been buried with him in baptism, you also have been raised with him through your faith in the power of God who raised him from the dead.