John 3:28

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

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  • John 1:20 : 20 He confessed and did not deny, but confessed, 'I am not the Christ.'
  • John 1:23 : 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.'
  • Mal 3:1 : 1 Behold, I am sending my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me. Suddenly, the Lord whom you are seeking will come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—behold, he is coming,
  • Matt 3:3 : 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.'
  • Matt 3:11-12 : 11 I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire. 12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire.
  • Mark 1:2-3 : 2 As it is written in the prophets: 'See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.' 3 'A voice is calling out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make his paths straight.'
  • Luke 1:16-17 : 16 He will turn many of the children of Israel back to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to prepare a people fit for the Lord.
  • Luke 1:76 : 76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare His ways,
  • Luke 3:4-6 : 4 as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: "The voice of one crying out in the wilderness, 'Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.'" 5 Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be made low; the crooked paths will become straight, and the rough ways will be made smooth, 6 and all humanity will see God's salvation.
  • John 1:25 : 25 They asked him, 'Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?'
  • John 1:27 : 27 He is the one who comes after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 1:30-31
    2 verses
    81%

    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.

  • John 1:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

    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.

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

  • John 1:19-23
    5 verses
    79%

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

    20He confessed and did not deny, but confessed, 'I am not the Christ.'

    21They asked him, 'Then who are you? Are you Elijah?' He said, 'I am not.' 'Are you the Prophet?' He answered, 'No.'

    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?'

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

  • John 1:15
    79%

    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 3:29-30
    2 verses
    79%

    29The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and listens to him, rejoices greatly at the sound of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore, this joy of mine is now complete.

    30He must increase, but I must decrease.

  • John 5:31-36
    6 verses
    78%

    31If I testify about Myself, My testimony is not valid.

    32There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is true.

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

    34But I do not accept testimony from a man; rather, I say these things so that you may be saved.

    35John was a lamp that burned and shone, and for a time, you were willing to rejoice in his light.

    36But I have testimony greater than John's: the works the Father has given Me to complete, the very works I am doing, testify about Me that the Father has sent Me.

  • Luke 7:27-28
    2 verses
    77%

    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."'

    28'I tell you, among those born of women, no one is greater than John the Baptist. Yet, the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.'

  • John 1:25-28
    4 verses
    76%

    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.'

    27He is the one who comes after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.

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

  • John 8:18
    76%

    18I am the one who testifies about myself, and the Father who sent me also testifies about me.

  • John 1:33-34
    2 verses
    76%

    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.

  • Acts 13:25
    75%

    25As John was finishing his course, he said, 'Who do you think I am? I am not He. But behold, One is coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.'

  • Matt 11:10
    75%

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

  • Mark 1:7
    74%

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

  • John 3:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26So 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.'

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

  • Matt 3:3
    74%

    3This 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.'

  • Matt 11:3
    74%

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

  • Mark 1:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

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

    3'A voice is calling out in the wilderness: Prepare the way for the Lord; make his paths straight.'

  • John 7:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28Then Jesus, still teaching in the temple, cried out, 'You know Me, and you know where I am from. I have not come on My own, but the One who sent Me is true. You do not know Him.

    29I know Him because I am from Him, and He sent Me.'

  • Matt 3:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

    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?'

  • John 8:26
    71%

    26I have much to say about you and much to judge. But the one who sent me is true, and I declare to the world what I have heard from him."

  • Luke 7:18-20
    3 verses
    71%

    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 5:38
    71%

    38Nor do you have His word abiding in you, because you do not believe the one He sent.

  • John 13:19
    71%

    19I am telling you this now before it happens, so that when it does happen, you may believe that I am He.

  • Luke 3:16
    70%

    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.

  • Matt 3:1
    70%

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

  • John 8:13
    70%

    13The Pharisees said to him, "You are testifying about yourself; your testimony is not valid."