John 3:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

Then there arose a discussion between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purification.

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  • John 2:6 : 6 Now there were set there six stone waterpots, according to the manner of purification of the Jews, containing twenty or thirty gallons each.
  • Heb 9:13-14 : 13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh, 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
  • Heb 9:23 : 23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 There is also an antitype which now saves us—baptism (not the removal of dirt from the flesh, but the pledge of a good conscience toward God) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
  • Heb 6:2 : 2 Of teaching about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
  • Heb 9:10 : 10 Concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation.
  • Matt 3:11 : 11 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire:
  • Mark 7:2-5 : 2 And when they saw some of his disciples eat bread with defiled, that is, with unwashed hands, they found fault. 3 For the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat unless they wash their hands often, holding the tradition of the elders. 4 And when they come from the market, unless they wash, they do not eat. And there are many other things which they have received to hold, like the washing of cups, pots, bronze vessels, and tables. 5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?
  • Mark 7:8 : 8 For laying aside the commandment of God, you hold the tradition of men, such as the washing of pots and cups; and many other similar things you do.

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  • 26 They came to John and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you bore witness, behold, he baptizes, and all men come to him.

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    24 Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees.

    25 And they asked him, and said to him, Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?

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

  • John 3:22-24
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    22 After these things Jesus and his disciples came into the land of Judea, and there he stayed with them and baptized.

    23 John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there, and they came and were baptized.

    24 For John had not yet been put into prison.

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    3 And he answered and said to them, I will also ask you one thing; and you answer me:

    4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?

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    18 And the disciples of John reported to him of all these things.

    19 And John, calling two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, Are you the one that should come? or do we look for another?

    20 When the men came to him, they said, John the Baptist has sent us to you, saying, Are you the one that should come? or do we look for another?

  • 19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who are you?

  • Matt 3:13-15
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    13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him.

    14 But John tried to stop him, saying, I have need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?

    15 And Jesus answering said to him, Permit it to be so now: for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he permitted him.

  • 30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? answer me.

  • 25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven, or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, he will say to us, Why then did you not believe him?

  • John 4:1-3
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    1 When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John,

    2 though Jesus himself did not baptize, but his disciples,

    3 he left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.

  • 3 And he said to them, Into what then were you baptized? And they said, Into John's baptism.

  • 55 And the Jews' Passover was near at hand: and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

  • 28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

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    5 Then Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan came out to him,

    6 And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.

  • Luke 3:15-16
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    15 And as the people were in expectation, and all men pondered in their hearts about John, whether he was the Christ or not;

    16 John answered, saying to them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I comes, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire:

  • 35 Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples.

  • 1 In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,

  • Mark 1:4-5
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    4 John baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

    5 And all the land of Judea and those from Jerusalem went out to him, and were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

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    2 Now when John heard in prison about the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

    3 And said to him, Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?

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

  • 40 And he went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was first baptizing, and there he stayed.

  • 3 And he came into all the country around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins;

  • 24 When John first preached, before his coming, the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

  • 9 And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

  • 29 And all the people who heard him, and the tax collectors, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

  • 12 Then the tax collectors also came to be baptized, and said to him, Teacher, what shall we do?

  • 13 Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptist.

  • 31 I did not know him, but that he should be revealed to Israel, therefore I came baptizing with water.

  • 9 Then the woman of Samaria said to him, How is it that you, being a Jew, ask a drink from me, a woman of Samaria? For the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans.

  • 18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees were fasting. And they came and said to him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples do not fast?

  • 33 I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.

  • 3 For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

  • 22 Then they said to him, Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?

  • 5 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why do your disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashed hands?

  • 14 And when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multitude around them and the scribes disputing with them.