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 \v 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan River to be baptized by John.
-\v 14 But John would have stopped him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"
+\v 14 But John kept trying to stop him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?"
 \v 15 Jesus responded and said to him, "Permit it now, for it is right for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then John permitted him.
 
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