Mark 1:9

American Standard Version (1901)

And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in the Jordan.

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  • Matt 2:23 : 23 and came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, that he should be called a Nazarene.
  • Matt 3:13-17 : 13 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. 14 But John would have hindered him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me? 15 But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him. 16 And Jesus when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him; 17 and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  • Luke 3:21-22 : 21 Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

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  • Matt 3:13-17
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    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?

    15But Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer [it] now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffereth him.

    16And Jesus when he was baptized, went up straightway from the water: and lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him;

    17and lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

  • Mark 1:10-12
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    87%

    10And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent asunder, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him:

    11And a voice came out of the heavens, Thou art my beloved Son, in thee I am well pleased.

    12And straightway the Spirit driveth him forth into the wilderness.

  • Mark 1:7-8
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    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.

    8I baptized you in water; But he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 3:21-22
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    21Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that, Jesus also having been baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

    22and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily form, as a dove, upon him, and a voice came out of heaven, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

  • John 1:28
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    28These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

  • Mark 1:1-5
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    1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

    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;

    4John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins.

    5And there went out unto him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; And they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

  • Matt 3:1-2
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    1And in those days cometh John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying,

    2Repent ye; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

  • John 3:22-23
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    22After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea; and there he tarried with them, and baptized.

    23And John also was baptizing in Enon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and they came, and were baptized.

  • Matt 3:5-6
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    5Then went out unto him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about the Jordan;

    6and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

  • John 1:30-34
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    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.

    32And John bare witness, saying, I have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven; and it abode upon him.

    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.

  • Matt 19:1
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    1And it came to pass when Jesus had finished these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judaea beyond the Jordan;

  • Luke 3:3
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    3And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;

  • Acts 13:24
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    24when John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

  • Mark 1:14
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    14Now after John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,

  • Acts 1:5
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    5For John indeed baptized with water; but ye shall be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days hence.

  • John 3:26
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    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.

  • John 1:6
    75%

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

  • Acts 10:37
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    37that saying ye yourselves know, which was published throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;

  • Matt 4:12-13
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    12Now when he heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee;

    13and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali:

  • Luke 3:16
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    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:

  • John 1:26
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    26John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,

  • John 10:40
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    40And he went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was at the first baptizing; and there he abode.

  • Luke 7:29
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    29And all the people when they heard, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

  • Luke 4:1
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    1And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led in the Spirit in the wilderness

  • John 4:2
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    2(although Jesus himself baptized not, but his disciples),

  • Matt 3:11
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    11I 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:

  • Acts 19:3-4
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    3And he said, Into what then were ye baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.

    4And Paul said, John baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people that they should believe on him that should come after him, that is, on Jesus.

  • Luke 20:4
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    4The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?

  • John 6:1
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    1After these things Jesus went away to the other side of the sea of Galilee, which is [the sea] of Tiberias.