John 3:23

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because water was plentiful there, and people were coming to him and being baptized.

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  • Gen 33:18 : 18 After he left Paddan Aram, Jacob came safely to the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped near the city.
  • 1 Sam 9:4 : 4 So Saul crossed through the hill country of Ephraim, passing through the land of Shalisha, but they did not find them. So they crossed through the land of Shaalim, but they were not there. Then he crossed through the land of Benjamin, and still they did not find them.
  • Jer 51:13 : 13 “You who live along the rivers of Babylon, the time of your end has come. You who are rich in plundered treasure, it is time for your lives to be cut off.
  • Ezek 19:10 : 10 “‘Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by water. It was fruitful and full of branches because it was well-watered.
  • Ezek 43:2 : 2 I saw the glory of the God of Israel coming from the east; the sound was like that of rushing water; and the earth radiated his glory.
  • Matt 3:5-6 : 5 Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him, 6 and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
  • Mark 1:4-5 : 4 In the wilderness John the baptizer began preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 People from the whole Judean countryside and all of Jerusalem were going out to him, and he was baptizing them in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.
  • Luke 3:7 : 7 So John said to the crowds that came out to be baptized by him,“You offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
  • Rev 1:15 : 15 His feet were like polished bronze refined in a furnace, and his voice was like the roar of many waters.
  • Rev 14:2 : 2 I also heard a sound coming out of heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. Now the sound I heard was like that made by harpists playing their harps,
  • Rev 19:6 : 6 The Wedding Celebration of the Lamb Then I heard what sounded like the voice of a vast throng, like the roar of many waters and like loud crashes of thunder. They were shouting:“Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the All-Powerful, reigns!

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    22Further Testimony About Jesus by John the Baptist After this, Jesus and his disciples came into Judean territory, and there he spent time with them and was baptizing.

  • John 3:24-26
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    24(For John had not yet been thrown into prison.)

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    26So they came to John and said to him,“Rabbi, the one who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, about whom you testified– see, he is baptizing, and everyone is flocking to him!”

  • Matt 3:13-14
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    13The Baptism of Jesus Then Jesus came from Galilee to John to be baptized by him in the Jordan River.

    14But John tried to prevent him, saying,“I need to be baptized by you, and yet you come to me?”

  • John 1:28
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    28These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan River where John was baptizing.

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    5Then people from Jerusalem, as well as all Judea and all the region around the Jordan, were going out to him,

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    8I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

    9The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus Now in those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan River.

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    40Jesus went back across the Jordan River again to the place where John had been baptizing at an earlier time, and he stayed there.

    41Many came to him and began to say,“John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!”

  • John 1:25-26
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    25So they asked John,“Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

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  • John 4:1-3
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    1Departure From Judea Now when Jesus knew that the Pharisees had heard that he was winning and baptizing more disciples than John

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  • Acts 19:3-5
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    3So Paul said,“Into what then were you baptized?”“Into John’s baptism,” they replied.

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    31I did not recognize him, but I came baptizing with water so that he could be revealed to Israel.”

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    15While the people were filled with anticipation and they all wondered whether perhaps John could be the Christ,

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    5For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”

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    33And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me,‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining– this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’

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    29(Now all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism.

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