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Mat 3:15 Suffer [it to be so] now: for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness. Alternative: Let it pass just for now,for  in this manner it is clearly seen that we complete all that is required. On one level, Christ is telling John that his baptism is for them to complete what is required by the law and perhaps by prophecy.