Luke 7:18

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Jesus and John the Baptist John’s disciples informed him about all these things. So John called two of his disciples

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  • Matt 11:2-9 : 2 Jesus and John the Baptist Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question: 3 “Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?” 4 Jesus answered them,“Go tell John what you hear and see: 5 The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them 6 – and blessed is anyone who takes no offense at me!” 7 While they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John:“What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind? 8 What did you go out to see? A man dressed in soft clothing? Look, those who wear soft clothing are in the palaces of kings! 9 What did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet! 10 This is the one about whom it is written:‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’ 11 “I tell you the truth, among those born of women, no one has arisen greater than John the Baptist. Yet the one who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he is! 12 From the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven has suffered violence, and forceful people lay hold of it. 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John appeared. 14 And if you are willing to accept it, he is Elijah, who is to come. 15 The one who has ears had better listen! 16 “To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another, 17 ‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; we wailed in mourning, yet you did not weep.’ 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say,‘He has a demon!’ 19 The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say,‘Look at him, a glutton and a drunk, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ But wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.”
  • John 3:26 : 26 So 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!”

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  • Luke 7:19-20
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    19and sent them to Jesus to ask,“Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”

    20When the men came to Jesus, they said,“John the Baptist has sent us to you to ask,‘Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?’”

  • Matt 11:2-4
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    2Jesus and John the Baptist Now when John heard in prison about the deeds Christ had done, he sent his disciples to ask a question:

    3“Are you the one who is to come, or should we look for another?”

    4Jesus answered them,“Go tell John what you hear and see:

  • Luke 7:17
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    17This report about Jesus circulated throughout Judea and all the surrounding country.

  • John 3:25-26
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    25Now a dispute came about between some of John’s disciples and a certain Jew concerning ceremonial washing.

    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 17:13
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    13Then the disciples understood that he was speaking to them about John the Baptist.

  • John 1:19
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    19The Testimony of John the Baptist Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him,“Who are you?”

  • John 1:33-37
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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.’

    34I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God.”

    35Again the next day John was standing there with two of his disciples.

    36Gazing at Jesus as he walked by, he said,“Look, the Lamb of God!”

    37When John’s two disciples heard him say this, they followed Jesus.

  • John 5:33
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    33You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

  • Luke 7:22
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    22So he answered them,“Go tell John what you have seen and heard: The blind see, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

  • Luke 7:24
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    24When John’s messengers had gone, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John:“What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

  • John 10:40-41
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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 1:28
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    28These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan River where John was baptizing.

  • Matt 11:7
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    7While they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowd about John:“What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

  • John 3:22
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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 4:1-2
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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

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

  • Matt 3:5
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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,

  • Luke 7:27
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    27This is the one about whom it is written,‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.’

  • Matt 9:14
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    14The Superiority of the New Then John’s disciples came to Jesus and asked,“Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don’t fast?”

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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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    3So Jesus’ brothers advised him,“Leave here and go to Judea so your disciples may see your miracles that you are performing.

  • Matt 3:1
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    1The Ministry of John the Baptist In those days John the Baptist came into the wilderness of Judea proclaiming,

  • Acts 10:37
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    37you know what happened throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John announced:

  • Mark 1:5
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    5People 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 9:7
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    7Herod’s Confusion about Jesus Now Herod the tetrarch heard about everything that was happening, and he was thoroughly perplexed, because some people were saying that John had been raised from the dead,

  • Matt 14:2
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    2and he said to his servants,“This is John the Baptist. He has been raised from the dead! And because of this, miraculous powers are at work in him.”

  • Mark 7:17
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    17Now when Jesus had left the crowd and entered the house, his disciples asked him about the parable.

  • Luke 9:9
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    9Herod said,“I had John beheaded, but who is this about whom I hear such things?” So Herod wanted to learn about Jesus.

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

  • Luke 3:15
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    15While the people were filled with anticipation and they all wondered whether perhaps John could be the Christ,

  • Mark 1:7
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    7He proclaimed,“One more powerful than I am is coming after me; I am not worthy to bend down and untie the strap of his sandals.

  • John 11:7
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    7Then after this, he said to his disciples,“Let us go to Judea again.”

  • John 1:6-7
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    6A man came, sent from God, whose name was John.

    7He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that everyone might believe through him.

  • Mark 2:18
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    18The Superiority of the New Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. So they came to Jesus and said,“Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don’t fast?”

  • Matt 3:3
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    3For he is the one about whom the prophet Isaiah had spoken:“The voice of one shouting in the wilderness,‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make his paths straight.’”

  • John 1:30-31
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    30This is the one about whom I said,‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’

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

  • Luke 7:33
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    33For John the Baptist has come eating no bread and drinking no wine, and you say,‘He has a demon!’

  • John 1:15
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    15John testified about him and shouted out,“This one was the one about whom I said,‘He who comes after me is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’”

  • Acts 13:24
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    24Before Jesus arrived, John had proclaimed a baptism for repentance to all the people of Israel.