Luke 3:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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  • John 1:19-28 : 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. 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? 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; 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.
  • John 3:28-29 : 28 You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ. 29 He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.
  • John 10:24 : 24 Then the Jews came round him, saying, how long are you going to keep us in doubt? If you are the Christ, say so clearly.

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  • Matt 11:2-3
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    2 Now when John had news in prison of the works of the Christ, he sent his disciples

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

  • John 3:24-26
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    24 For at this time John had not been put into prison.

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

    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.

  • John 1:25-26
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    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 21:25-26
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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?

    26 But if we say, From men; we are in fear of the people, because all take John to be a prophet.

  • Luke 20:4-6
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    4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven or of men?

    5 And they said among themselves, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why did you not have faith in him?

    6 But if we say, Of men; we will be stoned by the people, for they are certain that John was a prophet.

  • Luke 3:16
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    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:

  • 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.

  • Acts 13:24-25
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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.

    25 And 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.

  • Mark 11:30-32
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    30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven or from men? give me an answer.

    31 And they gave thought to it among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did you not have faith in him?

    32 But if we say, From men--they were in fear of the people, because all took John to be truly a prophet.

  • Luke 3:10
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    10 And the people put questions to him, saying, What have we to do?

  • 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 7:18-20
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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?

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

  • 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?

  • Mark 1:3-5
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    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.

  • Matt 11:7
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    7 And when they were going away, Jesus, talking of John, said to all the people, What went you out into the waste land to see? a tall stem moving in the wind?

  • Luke 3:3-4
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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.

    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.

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

  • 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.

  • Acts 19:3-4
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    3 And he said, What sort of baptism did you have? And they said, The baptism of John.

    4 And 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.

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

  • Matt 3:5-6
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    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.

  • Luke 9:7
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    7 Now Herod the king had news of all these things: and he was in doubt, because it was said by some people that John had come back from the dead;

  • John 3:22
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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.

  • 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.

  • John 1:33
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    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.

  • Matt 3:11
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    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:

  • Matt 17:13
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    13 Then the disciples saw that he was talking to them of John the Baptist.

  • Mark 6:20
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    20 For Herod was in fear of John, being conscious that he was an upright and holy man, and kept him safe. And hearing him, he was much troubled; and he gave ear to him gladly.

  • Luke 1:66
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    66 And all who had word of them kept them in their minds and said, What will this child be? For the hand of the Lord was with him.