Mark 1:8

Bible in Basic English (1941)

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

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Referenced Verses

  • Acts 1:5 : 5 For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.
  • Acts 2:4 : 4 And they were all full of the Holy Spirit, and were talking in different languages, as the Spirit gave them power.
  • Acts 19:4-6 : 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. 5 And hearing this, they had baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus. 6 And when Paul had put his hands on them, the Holy Spirit came on them; and they had the power of talking in tongues, and acting like prophets.
  • 1 Cor 12:13 : 13 For through the baptism of the one Spirit we were all formed into one body, Jews or Greeks, servants or free men, and were all made full of the same Spirit.
  • Acts 2:17 : 17 And it will come about, in the last days, says God, that I will send out my Spirit on all flesh; and your sons and your daughters will be prophets, and your young men will see visions, and your old men will have dreams:
  • Acts 10:45 : 45 And the Jews of the faith, who had come with Peter, were full of wonder, because the Holy Spirit was given to the Gentiles,
  • Acts 11:15-16 : 15 And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first. 16 And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.
  • Isa 44:3 : 3 For I will send water on the land needing it, and streams on the dry earth: I will let my spirit come down on your seed, and my blessing on your offspring.
  • Ezek 36:25-27 : 25 And I will put clean water on you so that you may be clean: from all your unclean ways and from all your images I will make you clean. 26 And I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you: I will take away the heart of stone from your flesh, and give you a heart of flesh. 27 And I will put my spirit in you, causing you to be guided by my rules, and you will keep my orders and do them.
  • 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:
  • Prov 1:23 : 23 Be turned again by my sharp words: see, I will send the flow of my spirit on you, and make my words clear to you.
  • Isa 32:15 : 15 Till the spirit comes on us from on high, and the waste land becomes a fertile field, and the fertile field is changed into a wood.
  • Titus 3:5-6 : 5 Not by works of righteousness which we did ourselves, but in the measure of his mercy, he gave us salvation, through the washing of the new birth and the giving of new life in the Holy Spirit, 6 Which he gave us freely through Jesus Christ our Saviour;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Acts 1:5
    88%

    5 For the baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit, after a little time.

  • Matt 3:11
    87%

    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:

  • Luke 3:16
    87%

    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:

  • John 1:30-34
    5 verses
    84%

    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.

  • Mark 1:9-11
    3 verses
    84%

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

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

    11 And a voice came out of heaven, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

  • Acts 11:15-16
    2 verses
    83%

    15 And, while I was talking to them, the Holy Spirit came on them, as on us at first.

    16 And the words of the Lord came into my mind, how he said, The baptism of John was with water, but you will have baptism with the Holy Spirit.

  • John 1:25-28
    4 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Matt 3:13-14
    2 verses
    80%

    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?

  • Mark 1:2-5
    4 verses
    78%

    2 Even 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;

    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.

  • Mark 1:7
    78%

    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.

  • Acts 19:3-5
    3 verses
    77%

    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.

    5 And hearing this, they had baptism in the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • Matt 3:16
    77%

    16 And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;

  • Matt 3:6
    76%

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

  • Acts 13:24
    76%

    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.

  • John 3:22
    76%

    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.

  • 1 Cor 1:15
    76%

    15 So that no one may be able to say that you had baptism in my name.

  • John 4:2
    75%

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

  • John 3:26
    75%

    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.

  • Luke 12:50
    74%

    50 But there is a baptism which I have to undergo; and how am I kept back till it is complete!

  • Luke 3:3
    74%

    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.

  • Luke 3:21-22
    2 verses
    74%

    21 Now it came about that when all the people had been given baptism, Jesus, having had baptism with them, was in prayer, when, the heaven being open,

    22 The Holy Spirit came down in the form of a dove, and a voice came from heaven, saying, You are my dearly loved Son, with whom I am well pleased.

  • Acts 2:38
    74%

    38 And Peter said, Let your hearts be changed, every one of you, and have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of your sins; and you will have the Holy Spirit given to you.

  • Matt 3:1
    73%

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

  • Acts 1:8
    73%

    8 But you will have power, when the Holy Spirit has come on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judaea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.

  • Luke 7:29
    73%

    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 8:16
    73%

    16 For up to that time he had not come on any of them; only baptism had been given to them in the name of the Lord Jesus.

  • Acts 10:37
    72%

    37 That 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,

  • Acts 10:47-48
    2 verses
    72%

    47 Will any man say that these may not have baptism who have been given the Holy Spirit as we have?

    48 And he gave orders for them to have baptism in the name of Jesus Christ. Then they kept him with them for some days.

  • John 3:5
    72%

    5 Jesus said in answer, Truly, I say to you, If a man's birth is not from water and from the Spirit, it is not possible for him to go into the kingdom of God.

  • Mark 10:39
    71%

    39 And they said to him, We are able. And Jesus said to them, You will take of the cup from which I take; and the baptism which I am about to undergo you will undergo:

  • Matt 28:19
    71%

    19 Go then, and make disciples of all the nations, giving them baptism in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit:

  • John 1:6
    71%

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