John 1:22

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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?

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  • 2 Sam 24:13 : 13 So Gad came to David, and gave him word of this and said to him, Are there to be three years when there is not enough food in your land? or will you go in flight from your haters for three months, while they go after you? or will you have three days of violent disease in your land? take thought and say what answer I am to give to him who sent me.

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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.

  • John 1:23-26
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    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.

    24 Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees.

    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;

  • Matt 11:3
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    3 To say to him, Are you he who is to come, or are we waiting for another?

  • Luke 7:18-20
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    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 8:28
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    28 And they made answer, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.

  • 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.

  • Matt 16:14-15
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    14 And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

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    7 And he said to them, What sort of a man was it who came and said these words to you?

    8 And they said in answer, He was a man clothed in a coat of hair, with a leather band about his body. Then he said, It is Elijah the Tishbite.

  • John 3:28
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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.

  • Luke 9:19
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    19 And they, answering, said, John the Baptist; but others say Elijah; and others, that one of the old prophets has come back.

  • Mark 1:2-3
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    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;

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  • John 18:34
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    34 Jesus made answer, Do you say this of yourself, or did others say it about me?

  • John 9:9
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    9 Some said, It is he: others said, No, but he is like him. He said, I am he.

  • Mark 11:29-30
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    29 And Jesus said to them, I will put to you one question; give me an answer, and I will say by what authority I do these things.

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  • Luke 20:2-4
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    2 That the chief priests and the scribes and the rulers of the people came to him and said, Make clear to us by what authority you do these things and who gave you this authority.

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    25 The baptism of John, where did it come from? from heaven or from men? And they were reasoning among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why then did you not have faith in him?

  • 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.

  • Luke 7:27
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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.

  • 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
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  • Luke 20:7
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    7 And they made answer that they had no idea where it came from.

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    21 Why are you questioning me? put questions to my hearers about what I have said to them: they have knowledge of what I said.

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    7 So again he put the question to them, Who are you looking for? And they said, Jesus the Nazarene.

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    3 And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John.

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    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.

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

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    70 And they all said, Are you then the Son of God? and he said, You say that I am.