Acts 13:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

And when John was completing his work, he said, What do I seem to you to be? I am not he; but one is coming after me, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

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  • Matt 3:11 : 11 Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:
  • Mark 1:7 : 7 And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.
  • Acts 20:24 : 24 But I put no value on my life, if only at the end of it I may see the work complete which was given to me by the Lord Jesus, to be a witness of the good news of the grace of God.
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For our preaching is not about ourselves, but about Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants through Jesus.
  • 2 Tim 4:7 : 7 I have made a good fight, I have come to the end of my journey, I have kept the faith:
  • Rev 11:7 : 7 And when they have come to the end of their witness, the beast which comes up out of the great deep will make war on them and overcome them and put them to death.
  • Mark 6:16-28 : 16 But Herod, when he had news of it, said, John, whom I put to death, has come back from the dead. 17 For Herod himself had sent men out to take John and put him in prison, because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had taken for himself. 18 For John said to Herod, It is wrong for you to have your brother's wife. 19 And Herodias was bitter against him, desiring to put him to death; but she was not able; 20 For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly. 21 And the chance came when Herod on his birthday gave a feast to his lords, and the high captains, and the chief men of Galilee; 22 And when the daughter of Herodias herself came in and did a dance, Herod and those who were at table with him were pleased with her; and the king said to the girl, Make a request for anything and I will give it you. 23 And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my kingdom. 24 And she went out and said to her mother, What is my request to be? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. 25 And she came in quickly to the king, and said, My desire is that you give me straight away on a plate the head of John the Baptist. 26 And the king was very sad; but because of his oaths, and those who were with him at table, he would not say 'No' to her. 27 And straight away the king sent out one of his armed men, and gave him an order to come back with the head: and he went and took off John's head in prison, 28 And came back with the head on a plate, and gave it to the girl; and the girl gave it to her mother.
  • Luke 3:15-16 : 15 And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not, 16 John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:
  • John 1:20-23 : 20 He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ. 21 And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not. 22 So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself? 23 He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
  • John 1:26-27 : 26 John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge; 27 It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.
  • John 1:29 : 29 The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
  • John 1:34 : 34 This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.
  • John 1:36 : 36 And looking at Jesus while he was walking he said, See, there is the Lamb of God!
  • John 3:27-29 : 27 And this was John's answer: A man is unable to have anything if it is not given to him from heaven. 28 You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ. 29 He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.
  • John 4:34 : 34 Jesus said, My food is to do the pleasure of him who sent me and to make his work complete.
  • John 7:18 : 18 The man whose words come from himself is looking for glory for himself, but he who is looking for the glory of him who sent him--that man is true and there is no evil in him.
  • John 19:28-30 : 28 After this, being conscious that all things had now been done so that the Writings might come true, Jesus said, Give me water. 29 Now there was a vessel ready, full of bitter wine, and they put a sponge full of it on a stick and put it to his mouth. 30 So when Jesus had taken the wine he said, All is done. And with his head bent he gave up his spirit.
  • Acts 13:36 : 36 Now David, having done God's work for his generation, went to sleep, and was put with his fathers, and his body came to destruction:
  • Acts 19:4 : 4 And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.

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  • John 1:25-28
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    25 And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?

    26 John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;

    27 It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.

    28 These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.

  • Mark 1:6-8
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    6 And John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

    7 And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.

    8 I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.

  • Acts 13:24
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    24 For whose coming John made ready the way by preaching to all the people of Israel the baptism which goes with a change of heart.

  • Luke 3:15-16
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    15 And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,

    16 John made answer, saying to them all, Truly, I give you baptism with water, but one is coming who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit, and with fire:

  • John 1:30-31
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    30 This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.

    31 I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.

  • John 3:28-30
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    28 You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

    29 He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.

    30 He has to become greater while I become less.

  • Matt 3:11
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    11 Truly, I give baptism with water to those of you whose hearts are changed; but he who comes after me is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to take up: he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

  • John 1:15
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    15 John gave witness about him, crying, This is he of whom I said, He who is coming after me is put over me because he was in existence before me.

  • John 1:19-23
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    19 And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?

    20 He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.

    21 And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.

    22 So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?

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

  • Luke 7:27-28
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    27 This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

    28 I say to you, Among all the sons of women, not one is greater than John: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

  • Matt 11:10-11
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    10 This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

    11 Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

  • John 1:33-35
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    33 I had no knowledge who he was, but he who sent me to give baptism with water said to me, The one on whom you see the Spirit coming down and resting, it is he who gives baptism with the Holy Spirit.

    34 This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.

    35 The day after, John was there again with two of his disciples;

  • Matt 11:2-3
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    2 Now when John had news in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples

    3 To say to him, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

  • Matt 3:3
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    3 For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

  • John 3:26
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    26 And they went to John and said to him, Rabbi, the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan, the man to whom you gave witness, is now giving baptism, and everyone is going to him.

  • Luke 7:18-20
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    69%

    18 And the disciples of John gave him an account of all these things.

    19 Then John sent two of his disciples to the Lord, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

    20 And when the men came to him they said, John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

  • Mark 1:2-3
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    69%

    2 Even as it is said in the book of Isaiah the prophet, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way;

    3 The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight;

  • Acts 13:26
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    26 My brothers, children of the family of Abraham, and those among you who have the fear of God, to us the word of this salvation is sent.

  • Luke 12:50
    68%

    50 But there is a baptism which I have to undergo; and how am I kept back till it is complete!

  • John 13:19
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    19 From this time forward, I give you knowledge of things before they come about, so that when they come about you may have belief that I am he.

  • John 13:5
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    5 Then he put water into a basin and was washing the feet of the disciples and drying them with the cloth which was round him.

  • Matt 3:13-14
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    13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.

    14 But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

  • Luke 7:24
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    24 And when the men who were sent by John had gone away, he said to the people, about John, What did you go out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

  • Luke 3:4
    67%

    4 As it says in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.

  • John 1:6
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    6 There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

  • Acts 19:4
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    4 And Paul said, John gave a baptism which goes with a change of heart, saying to the people that they were to have faith in him who was coming after him, that is, in Jesus.

  • Matt 17:13
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    13 Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.

  • John 1:8
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    8 He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.