John 1:26

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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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 1:8 : 8 I have given you baptism with water, but he will give you baptism with the Holy Spirit.
  • 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:
  • John 1:10-11 : 10 He was in the world, the world which came into being through him, but the world had no knowledge of him. 11 He came to the things which were his and his people did not take him to their hearts.
  • Acts 1:5 : 5 For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.
  • John 8:19 : 19 Then they said to him, Where is your Father? Jesus said in answer, You have no knowledge of me or of my Father: if you had knowledge of me you would have knowledge of my Father.
  • John 16:3 : 3 They will do these things to you because they have not had knowledge of the Father or of me.
  • John 17:3 : 3 And this is eternal life: to have knowledge of you, the only true God, and of him whom you have sent, even Jesus Christ.
  • John 17:25 : 25 Father of righteousness, I have knowledge of you, though the world has not; and to these it is clear that you sent me;
  • Acts 11:16 : 16 And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.
  • 1 John 3:1 : 1 See what great love the Father has given us in naming us the children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not see who we are, because it did not see who he was.
  • Mal 3:1-2 : 1 See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies. 2 But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 1:25
    85%

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

  • John 1:30-34
    5 verses
    84%

    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.

  • John 1:27-28
    2 verses
    83%

    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.

  • Luke 3:15-16
    2 verses
    83%

    15And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,

    16John 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 3:25-26
    2 verses
    81%

    25Then a question came up between John's disciples and a Jew about washing.

    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.

  • Mark 1:7-10
    4 verses
    81%

    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.

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

    9And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan.

    10And straight away, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens broken open and the Spirit coming down on him as a dove:

  • Matt 3:11
    77%

    11Truly, 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:

  • Acts 13:24-25
    2 verses
    77%

    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.

  • John 1:19-23
    5 verses
    77%

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

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

    21And 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.

    22So 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?

    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 3:28
    76%

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

  • John 1:6
    76%

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

  • John 1:15
    75%

    15John 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.

  • Matt 3:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.

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

  • Acts 19:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

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

    4And 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.

  • Acts 1:5
    74%

    5For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

  • John 3:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

    23Now John was then giving baptism at Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there; and people came and were given baptism.

  • 1 Cor 1:15
    73%

    15So that no one may be able to say that you had baptism in my name.

  • Mark 1:3-5
    3 verses
    73%

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

    4John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

    5And there went out to him all the people of Judaea, and all those of Jerusalem, and they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying that they were sinners.

  • John 1:8
    73%

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

  • Mark 11:30
    73%

    30The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? give me an answer.

  • Matt 11:3
    72%

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

  • Matt 3:1
    72%

    1And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea,

  • Luke 20:4
    72%

    4The baptism of John, was it from heaven or of men?

  • Matt 3:3
    72%

    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.

  • Luke 7:27-29
    3 verses
    72%

    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.

    28I 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.

    29(And all the people, and the tax-farmers, to whom John had given baptism, when they had knowledge of these things, gave glory to God.

  • Matt 3:6
    72%

    6And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong.

  • John 4:2
    72%

    2(Though, in fact, it was his disciples who gave baptism, not Jesus himself),

  • Matt 11:10
    71%

    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.