John 3:28

KJV1611 – Modern English

You yourselves bear me witness that I said, I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before 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 said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.
  • Mal 3:1 : 1 Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom you seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom you delight in: behold, he shall come, says the LORD of hosts.
  • Mal 4:4-5 : 4 Remember the law of Moses my servant, which I commanded to him in Horeb for all Israel, with the statutes and judgments. 5 Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD.
  • Matt 3:3 : 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.
  • Matt 3:11-12 : 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: 12 His winnowing fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and gather his wheat into the barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
  • Mark 1:2-3 : 2 As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you. 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
  • Luke 1:16-17 : 16 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 He will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
  • Luke 1:76 : 76 And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Highest, for you will go before the face of 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, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. 5 Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be made low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth; 6 And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
  • John 1:25 : 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?
  • John 1:27 : 27 It is he who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 1:30-31
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    81%

    30This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.

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

  • John 1:6-8
    3 verses
    79%

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

    7This man came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe.

    8He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light.

  • John 1:19-23
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    79%

    19And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews 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.

    21And they asked him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the Prophet? And he answered, No.

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

    23He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.

  • John 1:15
    79%

    15John bore witness of him, and cried out, saying, This was he of whom I said, He who comes after me is preferred before me, for he was before me.

  • John 3:29-30
    2 verses
    79%

    29He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this my joy is fulfilled.

    30He must increase, but I must decrease.

  • Luke 7:27-28
    2 verses
    77%

    27This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.

    28For I say to you, Among those that are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.

  • John 1:25-28
    4 verses
    76%

    25And they asked him, and said to 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 there stands one among you whom you do not know.

    27It is he who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.

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

  • John 8:18
    76%

    18I am one who bears witness of myself, and the Father who sent me bears witness of me.

  • John 1:33-34
    2 verses
    76%

    33I 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.

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

  • Acts 13:25
    75%

    25And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom do you think that I am? I am not he. But behold, there comes one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to untie.

  • Matt 11:10
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    10For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.

  • Mark 1:7
    74%

    7And preached, saying, There comes one mightier than I after me, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

  • John 3:26-27
    2 verses
    74%

    26They 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.

    27John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it is given to him from heaven.

  • Matt 3:3
    74%

    3For 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.

  • Matt 11:3
    74%

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

  • Mark 1:2-3
    2 verses
    73%

    2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who shall prepare your way before you.

    3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

  • John 7:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28Then Jesus cried out in the temple as he taught, saying, You both know me, and you know where I am from; and I have not come of myself, but he who sent me is true, whom you do not know.

    29But I know him, for I am from him, and he sent me.

  • Matt 3:13-14
    2 verses
    71%

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

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

  • John 8:26
    71%

    26I have many things to say and to judge concerning you: but he who sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard from him.

  • Luke 7:18-20
    3 verses
    71%

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

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

    20When 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?

  • John 13:19
    71%

    19Now I tell you before it comes, that when it does come to pass, you may believe that I am he.

  • Luke 3:16
    70%

    16John 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:

  • Matt 3:1
    70%

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

  • John 8:13
    70%

    13The Pharisees therefore said to him, You bear witness of yourself; your witness is not true.