Mark 1:9

KJV1611 – Modern English

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

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  • Matt 2:23 : 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
  • Matt 3:13-17 : 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. 16 And Jesus, when he was baptized, came up immediately out of the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him: 17 And behold, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
  • Luke 3:21-22 : 21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized, and while praying, the heavens were opened, 22 And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son; in you I am well pleased.

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  • Matt 3:13-17
    5 verses
    88%

    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?

    15And 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.

    16And Jesus, when he was baptized, came up immediately out of the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him:

    17And behold, a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

  • Mark 1:10-12
    3 verses
    87%

    10And immediately, coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens opened, and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him.

    11And there came a voice from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

    12And immediately the Spirit drove him into the wilderness.

  • Mark 1:7-8
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    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.

    8I indeed have baptized you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.

  • Luke 3:21-22
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    82%

    21Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass that Jesus also was baptized, and while praying, the heavens were opened,

    22And the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, saying, You are my beloved Son; in you I am well pleased.

  • John 1:28
    82%

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

  • Mark 1:1-5
    5 verses
    81%

    1The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.

    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.

    4John baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

    5And 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.

  • Matt 3:1-2
    2 verses
    81%

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

    2And saying, Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is near.

  • John 3:22-23
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    22After these things Jesus and his disciples came into the land of Judea, and there he stayed with them and baptized.

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

  • Matt 3:5-6
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    5Then Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan came out to him,

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

  • John 1:30-34
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    79%

    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.

    32And John bore witness, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it remained upon him.

    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.

  • Matt 19:1
    79%

    1And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee and came into the region of Judea beyond the Jordan.

  • Luke 3:3
    79%

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

  • Acts 13:24
    77%

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

  • Mark 1:14
    76%

    14Now after John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,

  • Acts 1:5
    76%

    5For John truly baptized with water; but you shall be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.

  • John 3:26
    76%

    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.

  • John 1:6
    75%

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

  • Acts 10:37
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    37That word, I say, you know, which was published throughout all Judea, and began from Galilee, after the baptism that John preached;

  • Matt 4:12-13
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    12Now when Jesus heard that John was cast into prison, he departed to Galilee,

    13And leaving Nazareth, he came and lived in Capernaum, which is by the sea coast, in the regions of Zebulun and Naphtali,

  • Luke 3:16
    74%

    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:

  • John 1:26
    74%

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

  • John 10:40
    74%

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

  • Luke 7:29
    74%

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

  • Luke 4:1
    74%

    1And Jesus, being full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

  • John 4:2
    73%

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

  • Matt 3:11
    73%

    11I 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:

  • Acts 19:3-4
    2 verses
    73%

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

    4Then said Paul, John truly baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe on him who would come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

  • Luke 20:4
    72%

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

  • John 6:1
    72%

    1After these things, Jesus went over the Sea of Galilee, which is the Sea of Tiberias.