2 Nephi 31:5

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5 And now, if the Lamb of God, he being holy, should have need to be baptized by water, to fulfil all righteousness, O then, how much more need have we, being unholy, to be baptized, yea, even by water!

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Christ’s baptism

“This is something of which uninspired men have no comprehension,” stated Elder Bruce R. McConkie. “Truly, he was the Lord Omnipotent before the world was; truly, he was like unto the Father in the pre-mortal life; truly, he was the Son of God here on earth—and yet, with it all, as with all the spirit children of the same Father, he too was subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Father’s plan. He also was born on earth to undergo a mortal probation, to die, to rise again in immortal glory, to be judged according to his works, and to receive his place of infinite glory in the eternal kingdom of his Everlasting Father. How well Paul said: ‘Though he were a Son, yet learned he obedience by the things which he suffered; and being made perfect, he became the author p[that is, the cause] of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him.’ (Heb. 5:8-9).”

Bruce R. McConkie, “The Mystery of Godliness”