John 1:24

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Now those who had been sent were from the Pharisees.

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  • Luke 16:14 : 14 The Pharisees, who loved money, heard all this and sneered at him.
  • John 3:1-2 : 1 There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 2 He came to Jesus at night and said to Him, 'Rabbi, we know that You have come from God as a teacher, for no one can perform these signs You do unless God is with him.'
  • John 7:47-49 : 47 The Pharisees replied to them, 'Have you also been deceived?' 48 Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him? 49 But this crowd that does not know the law is accursed.
  • Acts 23:8 : 8 For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection, nor angels, nor spirits, but the Pharisees affirm them all.
  • Acts 26:5 : 5 They have known me for a long time, and if they are willing, they can testify that I lived according to the strictest sect of our religion as a Pharisee.
  • Phil 3:5-6 : 5 Circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee; 6 as to zeal, persecuting the church; as to righteousness under the law, blameless.
  • Matt 23:13-15 : 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you shut the kingdom of heaven in people's faces. You yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those entering to go in. 14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You devour widows’ houses and for a pretense make long prayers. Therefore, you will receive a greater condemnation. 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You travel over land and sea to win a single convert, and when he becomes one, you make him twice as much a child of hell as you are.
  • Matt 23:26 : 26 Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and the dish, so that the outside may also become clean.
  • Luke 7:30 : 30 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God's plan for themselves, because they had not been baptized by him.
  • Luke 11:39-44 : 39 Then the Lord said to him, 'Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness. 40 You fools! Did not the one who made the outside also make the inside? 41 But now as for what is inside you—be generous to the poor, and everything will be clean for you.' 42 But woe to you Pharisees! For you give a tenth of mint, rue, and every herb, but you neglect justice and the love of God. These you ought to have done without neglecting the others. 43 Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the seats of honor in the synagogues and greetings in the marketplaces. 44 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! You are like unmarked graves that people walk over without knowing.
  • Luke 11:53 : 53 While He was saying these things to them, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to question Him closely about many things,

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    25 They asked him, 'Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?'

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  • 19 This is the testimony of John when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, 'Who are you?'

  • John 3:24-26
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    24 For John had not yet been put in prison.

    25 Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew about purification.

    26 So they came to John and said to him, 'Rabbi, the one who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you testified—look, He is baptizing, and everyone is coming to Him.'

  • 24 Before His coming, John had already proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

  • John 1:22-23
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    22 So they said to him, 'Who are you? Tell us so we can give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?'

    23 He replied, 'I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, “Make straight the way for the Lord,” as the prophet Isaiah said.'

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

  • 1 When the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John,

  • Luke 7:18-20
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    18 John's disciples reported all these things to him. Then John called two of his disciples.

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  • 1 The Pharisees and some of the scribes, who had come from Jerusalem, gathered around Him.

  • Mark 1:2-5
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    2 As it is written in the prophets: 'See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

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    4 John appeared in the wilderness, baptizing and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

    5 The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem came out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

  • 1 Then some Pharisees and teachers of the law came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said,

  • Matt 11:2-3
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    2 Now John, while in prison, heard about the works of Christ and sent his disciples to ask Him,

    3 "Are You the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?"

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    6 and they were being baptized by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.

    7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, 'You brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?

  • 33 I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining is the One who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.'

  • John 1:30-31
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    30 This is the one I was talking about when I said, “A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.”

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  • 27 'This is the one about whom it is written: "Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You."'

  • Mark 1:8-9
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    8 'I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

    9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

  • 4 Was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?'

  • 3 Paul then asked, "Into what, then, were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."

  • 28 'You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but I have been sent ahead of Him.’

  • 10 This is the one about whom it is written: 'Behold, I send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way before You.'

  • 3 This is the one who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: 'A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight.'

  • 1 At that time, John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

  • 32 The Pharisees heard the crowd murmuring these things about Him, so the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to arrest Him.

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    29 (When all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged that God's way was right, because they had been baptized by John.)

    30 But the Pharisees and the experts in the law rejected God's plan for themselves, because they had not been baptized by him.

  • 28 This all happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

  • 24 After John's messengers left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: 'What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swayed by the wind?'

  • 8 He was not the Light, but he came to testify about the Light.

  • 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

  • 13 Later, they sent some of the Pharisees and Herodians to trap him in his words.

  • 18 Now John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and people came and asked Jesus, 'Why do John's disciples and the Pharisees’ disciples fast, but your disciples do not fast?

  • 30 'Was John's baptism from heaven or from men? Answer me.'

  • 25 Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from men?' They discussed it among themselves, saying, 'If we say,

  • 13 They brought the man who had been blind to the Pharisees.

  • 14 Then the disciples of John came to him and asked, 'Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?'