John 4:1

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

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  • John 3:26 : 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.'
  • John 3:22 : 22 After these things, Jesus and His disciples went to the Judean countryside, where He spent time with them and baptized.
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 For we do not preach ourselves, but Jesus Christ as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus' sake.
  • Jas 2:1 : 1 My brothers, do not hold the faith of our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of favoritism.
  • Rev 19:16 : 16 He has a name written on His robe and on His thigh: King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
  • Luke 2:11 : 11 Today, in the city of David, a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord.
  • Acts 10:36 : 36 He sent the message to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ, who is Lord of all.
  • 1 Cor 2:8 : 8 This wisdom none of the rulers of this age understood, for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory.
  • 1 Cor 15:47 : 47 The first man was from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.
  • Luke 19:31 : 31 'If anyone asks you, “Why are you untying it?” say this: “The Lord needs it.”'
  • Luke 19:34 : 34 They replied, 'The Lord needs it.'
  • 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,

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    2(although Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples were),

    3he left Judea and went back to Galilee.

  • John 3:22-26
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    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.

    24For John had not yet been put in prison.

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

    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.'

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

  • Matt 14:1
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    1At that time, Herod, the tetrarch, heard the news about Jesus.

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    12Then the disciples came to him and told him, “Do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard this?”

  • John 1:24-26
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    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.'

  • Matt 4:12
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    12When Jesus heard that John had been arrested, He withdrew to Galilee.

  • Matt 9:14
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    14Then the disciples of John came to him and asked, 'Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples do not fast?'

  • Acts 10:37
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    37You know what has happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee after the baptism that John preached—

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

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

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

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

  • John 1:33
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    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.'

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

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

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  • Luke 7:29-30
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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.)

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    46But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.

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

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    18Now 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?

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    18This is why the crowd went to meet Him—because they heard that He had performed this sign.

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

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    13Then the disciples understood that He was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

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    1There was a man from the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.

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    37The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed Jesus.

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    38But the Pharisee was astonished to see that Jesus did not wash before the meal.

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    57Now the chief priests and the Pharisees had given orders that if anyone knew where he was, they should report it so that they could arrest him.

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    32The 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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    41While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

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    15Then the Pharisees went and plotted how they might trap him in his words.

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    4And Jesus responded to them, "Go and report to John what you hear and see:

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    5So the Pharisees and the scribes questioned Him, "Why do Your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat with unwashed hands?"