John 3:25

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • John 2:6 : 6 Now six pots of stone, every one taking two or three firkins of water, were placed there for the purpose of washing, as is the way of the Jews.
  • Heb 9:13-14 : 13 For if the blood of goats and oxen, and the dust from the burning of a young cow, being put on the unclean, make the flesh clean: 14 How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?
  • Heb 9:23 : 23 For this cause it was necessary to make the copies of the things in heaven clean with these offerings; but the things themselves are made clean with better offerings than these.
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 And baptism, of which this is an image, now gives you salvation, not by washing clean the flesh, but by making you free from the sense of sin before God, through the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead;
  • Heb 6:2 : 2 The teaching of baptisms, and of the putting on of hands, and of the future life of the dead, and of the judging on the last day.
  • Heb 9:10 : 10 Because they are only rules of the flesh, of meats and drinks and washings, which have their place till the time comes when things will be put right.
  • 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 7:2-5 : 2 And had seen that some of his disciples took their bread with unclean, that is, unwashed, hands. 3 Now the Pharisees, and all the Jews, do not take food without washing their hands with care, keeping the old rule which has been handed down to them: 4 And when they come from the market-place, they take no food till their hands are washed; and a number of other orders there are, which have been handed down to them to keep--washings of cups and pots and brass vessels. 5 And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?
  • Mark 7:8 : 8 For, turning away from the law of God, you keep the rules of men.

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    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 1:24-26
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    24Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees.

    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?

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

  • John 3:22-24
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    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.

    24For at this time John had not been put into prison.

  • Luke 20:3-4
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    3And in answer he said to them, I will put a question to you, and do you give me an answer:

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  • Luke 7:18-20
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    18And the disciples of John gave him an account of all these things.

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

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

  • Matt 3:13-15
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    13Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be given baptism by him.

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    15But 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.

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

  • Matt 21:25
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    25The 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 4:1-3
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    1Now when it was clear to the Lord that word had come to the ears of the Pharisees that Jesus was making more disciples than John and was giving them baptism

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

    3He went out of Judaea into Galilee again.

  • Acts 19:3
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    3And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John.

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    55Now the Passover of the Jews was near, and numbers of people went up from the country to Jerusalem to make themselves clean before the Passover.

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

  • Matt 3:5-6
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    5Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;

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

  • Luke 3:15-16
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    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:

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

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

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    2Now when John had news in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples

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    14Then the disciples of John came to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees frequently go without food, but your disciples do not?

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    40And he went again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John first gave baptism; and he was there for a time.

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    3And he came into all the country round about Jordan, preaching baptism as a sign of forgiveness of sin for those whose hearts were changed.

  • Acts 13:24
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    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.

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

  • Luke 7:29
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    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.

  • Luke 3:12
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    12Then tax-farmers came to him for baptism and said to him, Master, what have we to do?

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    13Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.

  • John 1:31
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    31I myself had no knowledge of him, but I came giving baptism with water so that he might be seen openly by Israel.

  • John 4:9
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    9The woman of Samaria said to him, Why do you, a Jew, make a request for water to me, a woman of Samaria? She said this because Jews have nothing to do with the people of Samaria.

  • Mark 2:18
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    18And John's disciples and the Pharisees were taking no food: and they came and said to him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees go without food, but your disciples do not?

  • John 1:33
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    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.

  • 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 1:22
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    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?

  • Mark 7:5
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    5And the Pharisees and the scribes put the question to him, Why do your disciples not keep the rules of the fathers, but take their bread with unwashed hands?

  • Mark 9:14
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    14And when they came to the disciples, they saw a great mass of people about them, and scribes questioning them.