Luke 3:21 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that Jesus also being baptized and praying, heaven was opened;
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
Now it happened that, when all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized; and as he was praying, heaven was opened.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Now when all the people were baptized, Jesus also had been baptized and was praying. The sky was opened,
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Now when all the people were baptised, Jesus also had been baptised and was praying. The sky was opened,
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
MSB Majority Standard Bible
When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,
BSB Berean Standard Bible
When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too. And as He was praying, heaven was opened,
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
LSV Literal Standard Version
And it came to pass, in all the people being immersed, Jesus also being immersed, and praying, Heaven was opened,
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
And it came to pass, all the people having been baptised, and Jesus having been baptised and praying, that the heaven was opened,
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Nowe it came to passe, as all the people were baptized, and that Iesus was baptized and did pray, that the heauen was opened:
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Now it came about, when all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized, and while he was praying, the heavens opened,
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
And that fortuned as all the people receaved baptyme (and when Iesus was baptised and dyd praye) that heaven was opened
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
And it came to pass, in all the people being baptised, Jesus also being baptised, and praying, the heaven was opened,
FBV Free Bible Version
Now it happened that after everyone had been baptized, Jesus was baptized as well. As he was praying, heaven was opened,
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Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
Now it came about that when all the people had been given baptism, Jesus, having had baptism with them, was in prayer, when, the heaven being open,
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y aconteció, que como recibiese el bautismo todo el pueblo, también fué bautizado Jesús, y estando él orando, se abrió el Cielo:
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y aconteció que, como todo el pueblo se bautizaba, también Jesús fué bautizado; y orando, el cielo se abrió,
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
En una ocasión en que todos iban para que Juan los bautizara, Jesús fue y también a él lo bautizó. Y mientras Jesús oraba, el cielo se abrió
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Cuando todo el pueblo era bautizado, Jesús también fue bautizado. Habló con Dios y se abrió el cielo.
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Aconteció que después de que todos habían sido bautizados, Jesús también se bautizó. Y mientras oraba, se abrió el cielo,
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Sucedió que, cuando todo el pueblo era bautizado, Jesús también fue bautizado. Mientras oraba, el cielo se abrió,
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ βαπτισθῆναι ἅπαντα τὸν λαὸν καὶ Ἰησοῦ βαπτισθέντος καὶ προσευχομένου ἀνεῳχθῆναι τὸν οὐρανὸν
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
εγενετο δε εν τω βαπτισθηναι απαντα τον λαον και ιησου βαπτισθεντος και προσευχομενου ανεωχθηναι τον ουρανον
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ βαπτισθῆναι ἅπαντα τὸν λαόν, καὶ Ἰησοῦ βαπτισθέντος καὶ προσευχομένου, ἀνεῳχθῆναι τὸν οὐρανόν,
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
εγενετο δε εν τω βαπτισθηναι απαντα τον λαον και ιησου βαπτισθεντοσ και προσευχομενου ανεωχθηναι τον ουρανον
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ βαπτισθῆναι ἅπαντα τὸν λαὸν καὶ Ἰησοῦ βαπτισθέντος καὶ προσευχομένου ἀνεῳχθῆναι τὸν οὐρανὸν,
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
Ἐγένετο δὲ ἐν τῷ βαπτισθῆναι ἅπαντα τὸν λαὸν καὶ Ἰησοῦ βαπτισθέντος καὶ προσευχομένου ἀνεῳχθῆναι τὸν οὐρανὸν
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Factum est autem cum baptizaretur omnis populus, et Jesu baptizato, et orante, apertum est cælum:
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
Бы́сть же є҆гда̀ крⷭ҇ти́шасѧ всѝ лю́дїе, и҆ і҆и҃сꙋ кр҃щшꙋсѧ и҆ молѧ́щꙋсѧ, ѿве́рзесѧ не́бо,
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
Когда же крестился весь народ, и Иисус, крестившись, молился: отверзлось небо,
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Αφού δε εβαπτίσθη πας ο λαός, βαπτισθέντος και του Ιησού και προσευχομένου, ηνοίχθη ο ουρανός
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А кад се крсти сав народ, и Исус пошто се крсти и мољаше се Богу, отвори се небо,
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A kad se krsti sav narod, i Isus pošto se krsti i moljaše se Bogu, otvori se nebo,
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَلَمَّا ٱعْتَمَدَ جَمِيعُ ٱلشَّعْبِ ٱعْتَمَدَ يَسُوعُ أَيْضًا. وَإِذْ كَانَ يُصَلِّي ٱنْفَتَحَتِ ٱلسَّمَاءُ،
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC