John 1:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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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:
  • John 1:1-2 : 1 From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God. 2 This Word was from the first in relation with God.
  • John 1:29-34 : 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! 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. 32 And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him. 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.
  • John 3:26-36 : 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. 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. 30 He has to become greater while I become less. 31 He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all. 32 He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true. 33 He who so takes his witness has made clear his faith that God is true. 34 For he whom God has sent says God's words; and God does not give him the Spirit by measure. 35 The Father has love for the Son and has put all things into his hands. 36 He who has faith in the Son has eternal life; but he who has not faith in the Son will not see life; God's wrath is resting on him.
  • John 8:58 : 58 Jesus said to them, Truly I say to you, Before Abraham came into being, I am.
  • John 17:5 : 5 And now, Father, let me have glory with you, even that glory which I had with you before the world was.
  • Col 1:17 : 17 He is before all things, and in him all things have being.
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 For this cause he will give them up till the time when she who is with child has given birth: then the rest of his brothers will come back to the children of Israel.
  • Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and for ever.
  • Rev 1:11 : 11 Saying, What you see, put in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus and to Smyrna and to Pergamos and to Thyatira and to Sardis and to Philadelphia and to Laodicea.
  • Rev 1:17-18 : 17 And when I saw him, I went down on my face at his feet as one dead. And he put his right hand on me, saying, Have no fear; I am the first and the last and the Living one; 18 And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell.
  • Rev 2:8 : 8 And to the angel of the church in Smyrna say: These things says the first and the last, who was dead and is living:
  • Phil 2:6-7 : 6 To whom, though himself in the form of God, it did not seem that to take for oneself was to be like God; 7 But he made himself as nothing, taking the form of a servant, being made like men;
  • John 5:33-36 : 33 You sent to John and he gave true witness. 34 But I have no need of a man's witness: I only say these things so that you may have salvation. 35 He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light. 36 But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.
  • John 1:7-8 : 7 He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him. 8 He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.
  • John 1:27 : 27 It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.
  • Prov 8:22 : 22 The Lord made me as the start of his way, the first of his works in the past.
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.
  • Matt 3:13-17 : 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? 15 But Jesus made answer, saying to him, Let it be so now: because so it is right for us to make righteousness complete. Then he gave him baptism. 16 And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove; 17 And a voice came out of heaven, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.
  • 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.
  • Luke 3:16 : 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:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 1:26-35
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    93%

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

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

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

    29The 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!

    30This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.

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

    32And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.

    33I 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.

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

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

  • John 1:6-10
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    79%

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

    7He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.

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

    9The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.

    10He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him.

  • John 3:28
    79%

    28You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

  • Matt 11:10
    78%

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

  • John 1:14
    77%

    14And so the Word became flesh and took a place among us for a time; and we saw his glory--such glory as is given to an only son by his father--saw it to be true and full of grace.

  • Mark 1:7
    77%

    7And 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.

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

  • Mark 1:2-3
    2 verses
    76%

    2Even 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;

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

  • Matt 3:3
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    3For 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
    75%

    26And 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.

  • John 1:16-19
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    16From his full measure we have all been given grace on grace.

    17For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.

    18No man has seen God at any time; the only Son, who is on the breast of the Father, he has made clear what God is.

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

  • John 1:23
    75%

    23He 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 3:30-31
    2 verses
    74%

    30He has to become greater while I become less.

    31He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all.

  • 1 John 1:1-2
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    1That which was from the first, which has come to our ears, and which we have seen with our eyes, looking on it and touching it with our hands, about the Word of life

    2(And the life was made clear to us, and we have seen it and are witnessing to it and giving you word of that eternal life which was with the Father and was seen by us);

  • John 1:1-2
    2 verses
    73%

    1From the first he was the Word, and the Word was in relation with God and was God.

    2This Word was from the first in relation with God.

  • John 5:32-33
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    73%

    32There is another who gives witness about me and I am certain that the witness he gives about me is true.

    33You sent to John and he gave true witness.

  • Col 1:17
    73%

    17He is before all things, and in him all things have being.

  • Rev 1:2
    73%

    2Who gave witness of the word of God, and of the witness of Jesus Christ, even of all the things which he saw.

  • Acts 13:24-25
    2 verses
    73%

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

    25And 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.

  • Matt 11:3
    73%

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

  • John 5:35-36
    2 verses
    73%

    35He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.

    36But the witness which I have is greater than that of John: the work which the Father has given me to do, the very work which I am now doing, is a witness that the Father has sent me.

  • 2 Pet 1:17
    72%

    17For God the Father gave him honour and glory, when such a voice came to him out of the great glory, saying, This is my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

  • Luke 1:76
    72%

    76And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;

  • Col 1:15
    72%

    15Who is the image of the unseen God coming into existence before all living things;

  • Mark 1:11
    72%

    11And a voice came out of heaven, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

  • Luke 7:18
    72%

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

  • Matt 3:1
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    1And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,