Luke 7:24

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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?

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  • Luke 1:80 : 80 And the child became tall, and strong in spirit; and he was living in the waste land till the day when he came before the eyes of Israel.
  • Luke 3:2 : 2 When Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the word of the Lord came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the waste land.
  • Eph 4:14 : 14 So that we may be no longer children, sent this way and that, turned about by every wind of teaching, by the twisting and tricks of men, by the deceits of error;
  • Jas 1:6-8 : 6 Let him make his request in faith, doubting nothing; for he who has doubt in his heart is like the waves of the sea, which are troubled by the driving of the wind. 7 Let it not seem to such a man that he will get anything from the Lord; 8 For there is a division in his mind, and he is uncertain in all his ways.
  • 2 Pet 2:17 : 17 These are fountains without water, and mists before a driving storm; for whom the eternal night is kept in store.
  • 2 Pet 3:17 : 17 For this reason, my loved ones, having knowledge of these things before they take place, take care that you are not turned away by the error of the uncontrolled, so falling from your true faith.
  • John 1:23 : 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.
  • 2 Cor 1:17-20 : 17 If then I had such a purpose, did I seem to be changing suddenly? or am I guided in my purposes by the flesh, saying, Yes, today, and, No, tomorrow? 18 As God is true, our word to you is not Yes and No. 19 For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, whom we were preaching among you, even I and Silvanus and Timothy, was not Yes and No, but in him is Yes. 20 For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.
  • Gen 49:4 : 4 But because you were uncontrolled, the first place will not be yours; for you went up to your father's bed, even his bride-bed, and made it unclean.
  • Matt 3:1-5 : 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;
  • Matt 11:7-8 : 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? 8 But what went you out to see? a man delicately clothed? Those who have fair robes are in kings' houses.
  • Mark 1:4-5 : 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.

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  • Matt 11:6-10
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    6 And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

    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?

    8 But what went you out to see? a man delicately clothed? Those who have fair robes are in kings' houses.

    9 But why did you go out? to see a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

    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 7:25-29
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    25 But what did you go out to see? a man in soft clothing? See now, those who have beautiful clothing and delicate food are in kings' houses.

    26 But what did you go out to see? a prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.

    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.

    28 I 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.

  • Luke 7:17-20
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    17 And this story about him went through all Judaea and the places round about.

    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 11:2-4
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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?

    4 And Jesus, answering, said to them, Go and give news to John of the things which you are seeing and hearing:

  • 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 3:15
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    15 And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,

  • John 3:26
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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.

  • John 1:22-23
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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?

    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.

  • Luke 3:7
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    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?

  • Luke 7:31-33
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    31 What comparison am I to make of the men of this generation? what are they like?

    32 They are like children who are seated in the market-place, crying out to one another, and saying, We made music for you, but you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow, but you were not sad.

    33 For John the Baptist came, taking no food or drink, and you say, He has an evil spirit.

  • Matt 21:25
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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?

  • Luke 7:22-23
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    22 And answering them he said, Go back and give news to John of what you have seen, and the things which have come to your ears; the blind now see, those who had no power in their legs are walking, lepers are made clean, those who had no hearing now have their ears open, dead men come to life again, and the poor have the good news given to them.

    23 And a blessing will be on him who has no doubts about me.

  • 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.

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

  • 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?

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

  • Matt 3:7
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    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?

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

  • Mark 1:3
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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;

  • 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;

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

  • Mark 7:17
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    17 And when he had gone into the house away from all the people, his disciples put questions to him about the saying.

  • Matt 21:32
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    32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you had no faith in him, but the tax-farmers and the loose women had faith in him: and you, when you saw it, did not even have regret for your sins, so as to have faith in him.

  • John 7:24
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    24 Let not your decisions be based on what you see, but on righteousness.

  • Matt 16:14
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    14 And they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

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

  • Luke 3:4
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    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.

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

  • Mark 8:28
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    28 And they made answer, John the Baptist; and others, Elijah; but others, One of the prophets.

  • Matt 4:12
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    12 Now when it came to his ears that John had been put in prison, he went away to Galilee;

  • Mark 11:32
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    32 But if we say, From men--they were in fear of the people, because all took John to be truly a prophet.