John 1:6

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • Mal 3:1 : 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.
  • John 3:28 : 28 You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.
  • John 1:33 : 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.
  • Isa 40:3-5 : 3 A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God. 4 Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley, 5 And the glory of the Lord will be made clear, and all flesh will see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has said it.
  • Acts 13:24 : 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.
  • Matt 11:10 : 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.
  • Luke 1:13 : 13 But the angel said, Have no fear, Zacharias, for your prayer has come to the ears of God, and your wife Elisabeth will have a son, and his name will be John.
  • Luke 1:61-63 : 61 And they said, Not one of your relations has that name. 62 And they made signs to his father, to say what name was to be given to him. 63 And he sent for writing materials and put down: His name is John; and they were all surprised.
  • Luke 1:76 : 76 And 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;
  • Luke 3:2-9 : 2 When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the waste land. 3 And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed. 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. 5 Every valley will be lifted up, and all the mountains and hills made low, and the twisted will be made straight, and the rough ways smooth; 6 And all flesh will see the salvation of God. 7 So he said to the people who went out to him for baptism: You offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come? 8 Make clear by your acts that your hearts have been changed; and do not say to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father: for I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children of Abraham. 9 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; and every tree which does not have good fruit will be cut down and put into the fire. 10 And the people put questions to him, saying, What have we to do? 11 And he made answer and said to them, He who has two coats, let him give to him who has not even one; and he who has food, let him do the same. 12 Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do? 13 And he said to them, Do not make an attempt to get more money than the right amount. 14 And men of the army put questions to him, saying, And what have we to do? And he said to them, Do no violent acts to any man, and do not take anything without right, and let your payment be enough for you. 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: 17 In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned in the fire which will never be put out. 18 And so comforting them with these and other words, he gave the good news to the people; 19 But Herod the king, because John had made a protest on account of Herodias, his brother's wife, and other evil things which Herod had done, 20 Did this most evil thing of all, and had John shut up in prison.
  • Luke 1:15-17 : 15 For he will be great in the eyes of the Lord; he will not take wine or strong drink; and he will be full of the Spirit of God from his birth. 16 And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.
  • Matt 21:25 : 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?
  • Mark 1:1-8 : 1 The first words of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. 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; 4 John came, and gave baptism in the waste land, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed. 5 And 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. 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.
  • Mal 4:5-6 : 5 See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared. 6 And by him the hearts of fathers will be turned to their children, and the hearts of children to their fathers; for fear that I may come and put the earth under a curse.
  • Matt 3:1-9 : 1 And in those days John the Baptist came preaching in the waste land of Judaea, 2 Saying, Let your hearts be turned from sin; for the kingdom of heaven is near. 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. 4 Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey. 5 Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan; 6 And they were given baptism by him in the river Jordan, saying openly that they had done wrong. 7 But when he saw a number of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of snakes, at whose word are you going in flight from the wrath to come? 8 Let your change of heart be seen in your works: 9 And say not to yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; because I say to you that God is able from these stones to make children for Abraham. 10 And even now the axe is put to the root of the trees; every tree then which does not give good fruit is cut down, and put into the fire. 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:

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 1:7-11
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    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.

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

    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.

  • John 1:26-35
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    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.

    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.

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

  • John 1:13-15
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    13 Whose birth was from God and not from blood, or from an impulse of the flesh and man's desire.

    14 And 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.

    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 1:18-19
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    18 No 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.

    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?

  • John 1:1-5
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    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.

    3 All things came into existence through him, and without him nothing was.

    4 What came into existence in him was life, and the life was the light of men.

    5 And the light goes on shining in the dark; it is not overcome by the dark.

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

  • John 3:26-28
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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.

    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.

  • 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;

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

  • Mark 1:9-11
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    9 And it came about in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was given baptism by John in the Jordan.

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

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

  • Matt 11:10
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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Mark 1:7
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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.

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

  • 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.

  • John 5:33
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    33 You sent to John and he gave true witness.

  • John 1:23-24
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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.

  • John 5:35
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    35 He was a burning and shining light, and for a time you were ready to be happy in his light.

  • John 3:1
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    1 Now there was among the Pharisees a man named Nicodemus, who was one of the rulers of the Jews.

  • Mark 1:5
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    5 And 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.

  • Luke 7:18
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    18 And the disciples of John gave him an account of all these things.

  • 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 7:20
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    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?

  • Rev 1:2
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    2 Who gave witness of the word of God, and of the witness of Jesus Christ, even of all the things which he saw.