John 1:15

World English Bible (2000)

John testified about him. He cried out, saying, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me has surpassed me, for he was before me.'"

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  • Matt 3:11 : 11 I indeed baptize you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.
  • John 1:1-2 : 1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 The same was in the beginning with God.
  • John 1:29-34 : 29 The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.' 31 I didn't know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel." 32 John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him. 33 I didn't recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.' 34 I have seen, and have testified that this is the Son of God."
  • John 3:26-36 : 26 They came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him." 27 John answered, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given him from heaven. 28 You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.' 29 He 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. This, my joy, therefore is made full. 30 He must increase, but I must decrease. 31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the Earth belongs to the Earth, and speaks of the Earth. He who comes from heaven is above all. 32 What he has seen and heard, of that he testifies; and no one receives his witness. 33 He who has received his witness has set his seal to this, that God is true. 34 For he whom God has sent speaks the words of God; for God gives the Spirit without measure. 35 The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. 36 One who believes in the Son has eternal life, but one who disobeys the Son won't see life, but the wrath of God remains on him."
  • John 8:58 : 58 Jesus said to them, "Most certainly, I tell you, before Abraham came into existence, I AM."
  • John 17:5 : 5 Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
  • Col 1:17 : 17 He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.
  • Mic 5:2 : 2 But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come forth to me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
  • Heb 13:8 : 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
  • Rev 1:11 : 11 saying, "What you see, write in a book and send to the seven assemblies: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and to Laodicea."
  • Rev 1:17-18 : 17 When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, "Don't be afraid. I am the first and the last, 18 and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forevermore. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.
  • Rev 2:8 : 8 "To the angel of the assembly in Smyrna write: "The first and the last, who was dead, and has come to life says these things:
  • Phil 2:6-7 : 6 who, existing in the form of God, didn't consider equality with God a thing to be grasped, 7 but emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in the likeness of men.
  • John 5:33-36 : 33 You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth. 34 But the testimony which I receive is not from man. However, I say these things that you may be saved. 35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light. 36 But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.
  • John 1:7-8 : 7 The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him. 8 He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.
  • John 1:27 : 27 He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen."
  • Prov 8:22 : 22 "Yahweh possessed me in the beginning of his work, before his deeds of old.
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • Matt 3:13-17 : 13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14 But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?" 15 But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed him. 16 Jesus, when he was baptized, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming on him. 17 Behold, a voice out of the heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."
  • Mark 1:7 : 7 He preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen.
  • Luke 3:16 : 16 John answered them all, "I indeed baptize you with water, but he comes who is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire,

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  • John 1:26-35
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    26 John answered them, "I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don't know.

    27 He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen."

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

    29 The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

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

    31 I didn't know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel."

    32 John testified, saying, "I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained on him.

    33 I didn't recognize him, but he who sent me to baptize in water, he said to me, 'On whomever you will see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'

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

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

  • John 1:6-10
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    6 There came a man, sent from God, whose name was John.

    7 The same came as a witness, that he might testify about the light, that all might believe through him.

    8 He was not the light, but was sent that he might testify about the light.

    9 The true light that enlightens everyone was coming into the world.

    10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him.

  • John 3:28
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    28 You yourselves testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before him.'

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

  • John 1:14
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    14 The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.

  • Mark 1:7
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    7 He preached, saying, "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen.

  • Luke 7:27
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    27 This is he of whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'

  • Mark 1:2-3
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    2 As it is written in the prophets, "Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.

    3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make ready the way of the Lord! Make his paths straight!'"

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

  • John 3:26
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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 have testified, behold, the same baptizes, and everyone is coming to him."

  • John 1:16-19
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    16 From his fullness we all received grace upon grace.

    17 For the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

    18 No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.

    19 This is John's testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

  • John 1:23
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    23 He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."

  • John 3:30-31
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    30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

    31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is from the Earth belongs to the Earth, and speaks of the Earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

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    1 That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life

    2 (and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);

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    1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

    2 The same was in the beginning with God.

  • John 5:32-33
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    32 It is another who testifies about me. I know that the testimony which he testifies about me is true.

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

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    17 He is before all things, and in him all things are held together.

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    2 who testified to God's word, and of the testimony of Jesus Christ, about everything that he saw.

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    24 before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel.

    25 As John was fulfilling his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'

  • Matt 11:3
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    3 and said to him, "Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?"

  • John 5:35-36
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    35 He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing to rejoice for a while in his light.

    36 But the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.

  • 2 Pet 1:17
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    17 For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

  • Luke 1:76
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    76 And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways,

  • Col 1:15
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    15 who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.

  • Mark 1:11
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    11 A voice came out of the sky, "You are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."

  • Luke 7:18
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    18 The disciples of John told him about all these things.

  • Matt 3:1
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    1 In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,