John 3:26

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • John 1:7 : 7 He came for witness, to give witness about the light, so that all men might have faith through him.
  • Isa 45:23 : 23 By myself have I taken an oath, a true word has gone from my mouth, and will not be changed, that to me every knee will be bent, and every tongue will give honour.
  • John 12:19 : 19 Then the Pharisees said one to another, You see, you are unable to do anything: the world has gone after him.
  • Jas 3:14-18 : 14 But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true. 15 This wisdom is not from heaven, but is of the earth and the flesh and the Evil One. 16 For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing. 17 But the wisdom which is from heaven is first holy, then gentle, readily giving way in argument, full of peace and mercy and good works, not doubting, not seeming other than it is. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is planted in peace for those who make peace.
  • Jas 4:5-6 : 5 Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us? 6 But he gives more grace. So that the Writings say, God is against the men of pride, but he gives grace to those who make themselves low before him.
  • Acts 19:26-27 : 26 And you see, for it has come to your ears, that not only at Ephesus, but almost all through Asia, this Paul has been teaching numbers of people and turning them away, saying that those are not gods who are made by men's hands: 27 And there is danger, not only that our trade may be damaged in the opinion of men, but that the holy place of the great goddess Diana may be no longer honoured, and that she to whom all Asia and the world give worship, will be put down from her high position.
  • 1 Cor 3:3-5 : 3 Because you are still in the flesh: for when there is envy and division among you, are you not still walking after the way of the flesh, even as natural men? 4 For when one says, I am of Paul; and another says, I am of Apollos; are you not talking like natural men? 5 What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? They are but servants who gave you the good news as God gave it to them.
  • Gal 5:20-21 : 20 Worship of images, use of strange powers, hates, fighting, desire for what another has, angry feelings, attempts to get the better of others, divisions, false teachings, 21 Envy, uncontrolled drinking and feasting, and such things: of which I give you word clearly, even as I did in the past, that they who do such things will have no part in the kingdom of God.
  • Gal 6:12-13 : 12 Those who have the desire to seem important in the flesh, put force on you to undergo circumcision; only that they may not be attacked because of the cross of Christ. 13 Because even those who undergo circumcision do not themselves keep the law; but they would have you undergo circumcision, so that they may have glory in your flesh.
  • Matt 23:7 : 7 And words of respect in the market-places, and to be named by men, Teacher.
  • Num 11:26-29 : 26 But two men were still in the tent-circle one of them named Eldad and the other Medad: and the spirit came to rest on them; they were among those who had been sent for, but they had not gone out to the Tent: and the prophet's power came on them in the tent-circle. 27 And a young man went running to Moses and said, Eldad and Medad are acting as prophets in the tent-circle. 28 Then Joshua, the son of Nun, who had been Moses' servant from the time when he was a child, said, My lord Moses, let them be stopped. 29 And Moses said to him, Are you moved by envy on my account? If only all the Lord's people were prophets, and the Lord might put his spirit on them!
  • Ps 65:2 : 2 To you, O hearer of prayer, let the words of all flesh come.
  • Eccl 4:4 : 4 And I saw that the cause of all the work and of everything which is done well was man's envy of his neighbour. This again is to no purpose and a desire for wind.
  • John 1:9 : 9 The true light, which gives light to every man, was then coming into the world.
  • John 1:15 : 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 1:26-36 : 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; 36 And looking at Jesus while he was walking he said, See, there is the Lamb of God!
  • John 3:2 : 2 He came to Jesus by night and said to him, Rabbi, we are certain that you have come from God as a teacher, because no man would be able to do these signs which you do if God was not with him.
  • John 11:48 : 48 If we let him go on in this way, everybody will have belief in him and the Romans will come and take away our place and our nation.

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    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;

  • John 3:22-23
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    22 After these things Jesus and his disciples went into the land of Judaea, and there he was with them for some time, giving baptism.

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

  • Matt 3:13-14
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    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?

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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?

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  • John 1:28
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    28 These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.

  • John 1:19
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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?

  • John 1:30-35
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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.

    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;

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

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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.

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    5 Then Jerusalem and all Judaea went out to him, and all the people from near Jordan;

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    40 And 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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    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.

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    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.

  • Mark 1:7-9
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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.

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

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

  • John 3:27-28
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    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.

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  • John 1:22
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    22 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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  • Acts 13:24
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    13 Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.