John 3:28

American Standard Version (1901)

Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, that I am sent before him.

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  • John 1:20 : 20 And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ.
  • John 1:23 : 23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
  • Mal 3:1 : 1 Behold, I send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom ye desire, behold, he cometh, saith Jehovah of hosts.
  • Mal 4:4-5 : 4 Remember ye the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded unto him in Horeb for all Israel, even statutes and ordinances. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the great and terrible day of Jehovah come.
  • Matt 3:3 : 3 For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
  • Matt 3:11-12 : 11 I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and [in] fire: 12 whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.
  • Mark 1:2-3 : 2 Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way. 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight;
  • Luke 1:16-17 : 16 And many of the children of Israel shall be turn unto the Lord their God. 17 And he shall go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient [to walk] in the wisdom of the just; to make ready for the Lord a people prepared [for him] .
  • Luke 1:76 : 76 Yea and thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Most High: For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to make ready his ways;
  • Luke 3:4-6 : 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight. 5 Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall become straight, And the rough ways smooth; 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
  • John 1:25 : 25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?
  • John 1:27 : 27 [ even] he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 1:30-31
    2 verses
    81%

    30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.

    31And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water.

  • John 1:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    6There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

    7The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.

    8He was not the light, but [came] that he might bear witness of the light.

  • John 1:19-23
    5 verses
    79%

    19And this is the witness of John, when the Jews sent unto him from Jerusalem priests and Levites to ask him, Who art thou?

    20And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, I am not the Christ.

    21And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? And he saith, I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered, No.

    22They said therefore unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

    23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

  • John 1:15
    79%

    15John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me is become before me: for he was before me.

  • John 3:29-30
    2 verses
    79%

    29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, that standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is made full.

    30He must increase, but I must decrease.

  • John 5:31-36
    6 verses
    78%

    31If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true.

    32It is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true.

    33Ye have sent unto John, and he hath borne witness unto the truth.

    34But the witness which I receive is not from man: howbeit I say these things, that ye may be saved.

    35He was the lamp that burneth and shineth; and ye were willing to rejoice for a season in his light.

    36But the witness which I have is greater than [that of] John; for the works which the Father hath given me to accomplish, the very works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me.

  • Luke 7:27-28
    2 verses
    77%

    27This is he of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.

    28I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there is none greater than John: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

  • John 1:25-28
    4 verses
    76%

    25And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?

    26John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,

    27[ even] he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.

    28These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

  • John 8:18
    76%

    18I am he that beareth witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me.

  • John 1:33-34
    2 verses
    76%

    33And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize in water, he said unto me, Upon whomsoever thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding upon him, the same is he that baptizeth in the Holy Spirit.

    34And I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.

  • Acts 13:25
    75%

    25And as John was fulfilling his course, he said, What suppose ye that I am? I am not [he] . But behold, there cometh one after me the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to unloose.

  • Matt 11:10
    75%

    10This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.

  • Mark 1:7
    74%

    7And he preached, saying, There cometh after me he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

  • John 3:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26And they came unto John, and said to him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him.

    27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it have been given him from heaven.

  • Matt 3:3
    74%

    3For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

  • Matt 11:3
    74%

    3and said unto him, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?

  • Mark 1:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way.

    3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight;

  • John 7:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28Jesus therefore cried in the temple, teaching and saying, Ye both know me, and know whence I am; and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.

    29I know him; because I am from him, and he sent me.

  • Matt 3:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

    14But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

  • John 8:26
    71%

    26I have many things to speak and to judge concerning you: howbeit he that sent me is true; and the things which I heard from him, these speak I unto the world.

  • Luke 7:18-20
    3 verses
    71%

    18And the disciples of John told him of all these things.

    19And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to the Lord, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?

    20And when the men were come unto him, they said, John the Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or look we for another?

  • John 5:38
    71%

    38And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he sent, him ye believe not.

  • John 13:19
    71%

    19From henceforth I tell you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am [he] .

  • Luke 3:16
    70%

    16John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but there cometh he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you [ in the Holy Spirit and [in] fire:

  • Matt 3:1
    70%

    1And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying,

  • John 8:13
    70%

    13The Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest witness of thyself; thy witness is not true.