John 3:26

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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.'

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  • John 1:7 : 7 He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
  • Isa 45:23 : 23 By myself I have sworn; my mouth has uttered in all integrity a word that will not be revoked: Before me every knee will bow, by me every tongue will swear.
  • John 12:19 : 19 Then the Pharisees said to one another, "You see, you are achieving nothing. Look, the whole world has gone after Him!"
  • Jas 3:14-18 : 14 But if you have bitter envy and selfish ambition in your heart, do not boast and deny the truth. 15 This is not the wisdom that comes down from above but is earthly, unspiritual, and demonic. 16 For where there is jealousy and selfish ambition, there is disorder and every evil practice. 17 But the wisdom that comes from above is first pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and sincere. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
  • Jas 4:5-6 : 5 Or do you think Scripture says without reason that the spirit God caused to dwell in us longs jealously for us? 6 But he gives us more grace. That is why Scripture says: 'God opposes the proud but shows favor to the humble.'
  • Acts 19:26-27 : 26 You see and hear that not only in Ephesus but almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great number of people by saying that gods made by hands are not really gods. 27 Not only is there a danger that our trade might fall into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis might be discredited, and her magnificence, whom all of Asia and the world worship, might be destroyed.
  • 1 Cor 3:3-5 : 3 For you are still worldly. Since there is jealousy, strife, and divisions among you, are you not worldly and living like mere humans? 4 For when someone says, 'I follow Paul,' and another, 'I follow Apollos,' are you not acting like mere humans? 5 Who then is Paul, and who is Apollos? They are servants through whom you believed, as the Lord has assigned to each.
  • Gal 5:20-21 : 20 idolatry, sorcery, hostilities, strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, selfish ambitions, dissensions, factions, 21 envy, murders, drunkenness, carousing, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.
  • Gal 6:12-13 : 12 Those who want to make a good impression in the flesh are the ones compelling you to be circumcised—only so that they may not be persecuted for the cross of Christ. 13 For even those who are circumcised do not keep the law themselves, but they want you to be circumcised so they can boast about your flesh.
  • Matt 23:7 : 7 and greetings in the marketplaces, and to be called 'Rabbi' by others.
  • Num 11:26-29 : 26 Two men, Eldad and Medad, had remained in the camp. They were listed among the elders but had not gone out to the Tent. Yet the Spirit rested on them as well, and they prophesied in the camp. 27 A young man ran and reported to Moses, 'Eldad and Medad are prophesying in the camp!' 28 Then Joshua son of Nun, who had been Moses' assistant since his youth, spoke up and said, 'My lord Moses, stop them!' 29 But Moses replied, 'Are you jealous on my behalf? I wish that all the LORD’s people were prophets and that the LORD would put His Spirit on them!'
  • Ps 65:2 : 2 Praise awaits you, O God, in Zion, and to you vows will be fulfilled.
  • Eccl 4:4 : 4 And I saw that all toil and all skill in work are driven by one person’s envy of another. This too is meaningless, a chasing after the wind.
  • John 1:9 : 9 The true Light that gives light to everyone was coming into the world.
  • John 1:15 : 15 John testified about Him and cried out, saying, 'This is the one I spoke about when I said, “He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.”'
  • John 1:26-36 : 26 John answered them, saying, 'I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know.' 27 He is the one who comes after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie. 28 This all happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing. 29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, 'Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!' 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.” 31 I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel. 32 Then John testified, saying, 'I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on Him.' 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.' 34 I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God. 35 The next day John was standing there again with two of his disciples. 36 When he saw Jesus passing by, he said, 'Look, the Lamb of God!'
  • John 3:2 : 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 11:48 : 48 If we let him go on like this, everyone will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our temple and our nation.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 1:24-26
    3 verses
    82%

    24Now those who had been sent were from the Pharisees.

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

    26John answered them, saying, 'I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know.'

  • John 3:22-23
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    81%

    22After these things, Jesus and His disciples went to the Judean countryside, where He spent time with them and baptized.

    23John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were coming and being baptized.

  • Matt 3:13-14
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    13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be baptized by him.

    14But John tried to stop Him, saying, 'I need to be baptized by You, and yet You are coming to me?'

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

    19He sent them to the Lord to ask, 'Are You the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?'

    20When the men came to Jesus, they said, 'John the Baptist has sent us to You to ask, "Are You the one who is to come, or should we expect someone else?"'

  • John 3:25
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    25Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a Jew about purification.

  • John 1:28
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    28This all happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

  • John 1:19
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    19This is the testimony of John when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, 'Who are you?'

  • John 1:30-35
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    30This is the one I was talking about when I said, “A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.”

    31I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.

    32Then John testified, saying, 'I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained on Him.'

    33I 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.'

    34I have seen and testified that this is the Son of God.

    35The next day John was standing there again with two of his disciples.

  • Matt 11:3
    78%

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

  • Mark 1:5
    78%

    5The 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.

  • Matt 3:5-6
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    5Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and the entire region around the Jordan were going out to him,

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

  • Luke 20:4
    77%

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

  • Acts 19:3-4
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    3Paul then asked, "Into what, then, were you baptized?" They answered, "Into John's baptism."

    4Paul said, "John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him—that is, in Jesus."

  • John 10:40-41
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    40Then he went back across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and he remained there.

    41Many people came to him and said, 'Though John never performed a sign, all that he said about this man was true.'

  • Luke 7:29
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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.)

  • Mark 11:30
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    30'Was John's baptism from heaven or from men? Answer me.'

  • John 1:6-7
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    6There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.

    7He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.

  • Luke 3:15-16
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    15As the people were waiting expectantly and all were pondering in their hearts about John, whether he might be the Christ,

    16John answered them all by saying, "I baptize you with water, but one who is mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

  • Luke 3:3
    76%

    3And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

  • Mark 1:7-9
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    7He proclaimed: 'After me comes one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.'

    8'I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

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

  • John 3:27-28
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    27John replied, 'No one can receive anything unless it has been given to him from heaven.'

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

  • Matt 3:1
    76%

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

  • John 1:22
    75%

    22So 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?'

  • John 4:1
    75%

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

  • Matt 21:25
    75%

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

  • John 1:15
    75%

    15John testified about Him and cried out, saying, 'This is the one I spoke about when I said, “He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.”'

  • John 5:33
    75%

    33You sent messengers to John, and he testified to the truth.

  • Acts 13:24
    75%

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

  • John 6:25
    74%

    25When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, 'Rabbi, when did you get here?'

  • Luke 3:12
    74%

    12Even tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, "Teacher, what should we do?"

  • Matt 17:13
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    13Then the disciples understood that He was speaking to them about John the Baptist.