Mark 1:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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.

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  • Acts 13:25 : 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.
  • John 1:27 : 27 It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.
  • John 3:28-31 : 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. 30 He has to become greater while I become less. 31 He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all.
  • 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:
  • Matt 3:14 : 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?
  • Luke 3:16 : 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 7:6-7 : 6 And Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the man sent friends to him, saying, Lord, do not give yourself trouble: for I am not important enough for you to come into my house: 7 And I had the feeling that I was not even good enough to come to you: but say the word only, and my servant will be well.

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  • John 1:25-34
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    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;

    27It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.

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

    29The 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!

    30This is he of whom I said, One is coming after me who is put over me because he was in existence before me.

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

    32And John gave this witness, saying, I saw the Spirit coming down from heaven like a dove and resting on him.

    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.

    34This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.

  • Acts 13:24-25
    2 verses
    85%

    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.

    25And 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.

  • 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:

  • Matt 3:11
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    11Truly, 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 3:3-5
    3 verses
    78%

    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.

    4Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

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

  • Mark 1:2-6
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    78%

    2Even 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;

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

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

    5And 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.

    6And John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

  • Mark 1:8-10
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    78%

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

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

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

  • Luke 7:27-28
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    27This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

    28I 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.

  • John 1:15
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    15John 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 1:22-23
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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?

    23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.

  • Matt 11:10-11
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    10This is he of whom it has been said, See, I send my servant before your face, who will make ready your way before you.

    11Truly I say to you, Among the sons of women there has not been a greater than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

  • Matt 3:1
    75%

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

  • John 1:6
    74%

    6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

  • John 3:28
    74%

    28You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.

  • John 3:26
    74%

    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.

  • Luke 3:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

    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.

    4As 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 3:13-14
    2 verses
    74%

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

    14But John would have kept him back, saying, It is I who have need of baptism from you, and do you come to me?

  • Matt 11:3
    72%

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

  • Luke 7:18-19
    2 verses
    72%

    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?

  • Mark 1:14
    71%

    14Now after John had been put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the good news of God,

  • John 1:8
    71%

    8He himself was not the light: he was sent to give witness about the light.

  • John 3:30
    71%

    30He has to become greater while I become less.

  • Luke 1:76
    71%

    76And 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 7:24
    71%

    24And 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?

  • Acts 10:37
    71%

    37That word you yourselves have knowledge of, which was made public through all Judaea, starting from Galilee, after the baptism of which John was the preacher,