Verse 31

And they reasoned with them selues, saying, yf we shall say from heauen: he wyll say, why then dyd ye not beleue hym?

Referenced Verses

• Matt 11:7-9 : 7 And as they departed, Iesus began to say vnto the multitude cocerning Iohn: What went ye out into the wildernesse to see? A reede shaken with the winde? 8 Or what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft rayment? Beholde, they that weare soft clothyng are in kinges houses. 9 But what went ye out for to see? A prophete? yea I say vnto you, and more then a prophete. 10 For this is he of whom it is written: Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. 11 Ueryly I say vnto you, among them that are borne of women, arose not a greater then Iohn the Baptist: Notwithstandyng, he that is lesse in the kingdome of heauen, is greater then he. 12 From the dayes of Iohn the Baptist vntyll nowe, the kingdome of heauen suffereth violence, & the violent plucke it vnto them. 13 For all the prophetes and the lawe it selfe prophecied vnto Iohn. 14 And if ye wyll receaue it, this is Elias which was for to come.
• Matt 21:25-27 : 25 The baptisme of Iohn, whence was it, from heauen, or of men? And they reasoned with them selues saying: if we shall say from heauen, he wyll say vnto vs, why dyd ye not then beleue hym? 26 But yf we shall say of men, then feare we the people: for all men holde Iohn as a prophete. 27 And they aunswered vnto Iesus, and sayde: we can not tell. And he saide vnto them: neither tell I you, by what aucthoritie I do these thynges.
• Matt 21:31-32 : 31 Whether of them twayne did the wyl of the father? And they saide vnto him, the first. Iesus sayth vnto them: Ueryly I saye vnto you, that publicanes & harlottes go into the kingdome of God, before you. 32 For Iohn came vnto you by the way of righteousnes, & ye beleued hym not: but publicanes & harlottes beleued him. And ye, when ye had sene it were not moued afterwarde with repentaunce, that ye myght haue beleued hym.
• John 1:15 : 15 Iohn beareth witnesse of hym, and cryeth, saying: This was he of whom I spake, he that commeth after me, is preferred before me, for he was before me.
• John 1:29 : 29 The next day, Iohn seeth Iesus comming vnto hym, and saith, beholde the lambe of God, which taketh away the sinne of the worlde.
• John 1:34 : 34 And I sawe, and bare recorde, that he is the sonne of God.
• John 1:36 : 36 And he behelde Iesus as he walked by, & sayth: beholde the lambe of God.
• John 3:29-36 : 29 He that hath ye bride, is the bridegrome. But the friende of the brydegrome, which standeth & heareth him, reioyceth greatly because of ye brydegromes voyce. This my ioy therfore is fulfylled. 30 He must increace, but I must decreace. 31 He that commeth from an hye, is aboue all: He that is of the earth, is earthlye, and speaketh of the earth. He that commeth from heauen, is aboue all: 32 And what he hath seene and hearde, that he testifieth: and no man receaueth his testimonie. 33 He that hath receaued his testimonie, hath set to his seale, that God is true. 34 For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the wordes of God: For God geueth not the spirite by measure vnto hym. 35 The father loueth the sonne, and hath geuen all thynges into his hande. 36 He that beleueth on the sonne, hath euerlastyng lyfe: He that beleueth not the sonne, shall not see life, but the wrath of God abydeth on hym.