John 1:19

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • John 10:24 : 24 The Jews therefore came around him and said to him, "How long will you hold us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly."
  • Acts 13:25 : 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.'
  • 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.
  • Matt 21:23-32 : 23 When he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority do you do these things? Who gave you this authority?" 24 Jesus answered them, "I also will ask you one question, which if you tell me, I likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?' 26 But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the multitude, for all hold John as a prophet." 27 They answered Jesus, and said, "We don't know." He also said to them, "Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. 28 But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first, and said, 'Son, go work today in my vineyard.' 29 He answered, 'I will not,' but afterward he changed his mind, and went. 30 He came to the second, and said the same thing. He answered, 'I go, sir,' but he didn't go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and you didn't believe him, but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. When you saw it, you didn't even repent afterward, that you might believe him.
  • Luke 3:15-18 : 15 As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ, 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, 17 whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire." 18 Then with many other exhortations he preached good news to the people,
  • John 2:18 : 18 The Jews therefore answered him, "What sign do you show us, seeing that you do these things?"
  • Acts 19:4 : 4 Paul said, "John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying to the people that they should believe in the one who would come after him, that is, in Jesus."
  • John 5:10 : 10 So the Jews said to him who was cured, "It is the Sabbath. It is not lawful for you to carry the mat."

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  • John 1:20-26
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    20 He declared, and didn't deny, but he declared, "I am not the Christ."

    21 They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" He answered, "No."

    22 They said therefore to him, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

    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."

    24 The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.

    25 They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"

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

  • John 3:25-26
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    25 There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John's disciples with some Jews about purification.

    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."

  • Luke 7:18-20
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    18 The disciples of John told him about all these things.

    19 John, calling to himself two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, "Are you the one who is coming, or should we look for another?"

    20 When the men had come to him, they said, "John the Baptizer has sent us to you, saying, 'Are you he who comes, or should we look for another?'"

  • John 1:6-8
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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.

  • Matt 11:2-4
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    2 Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples

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

    4 Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you hear and see:

  • John 1:30-36
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    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,

    36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God!"

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

  • John 1:15
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    15 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.'"

  • 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.'

  • 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.'

  • Luke 20:4
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    4 the baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men?"

  • 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.'

  • 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."

  • Mark 11:30
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    30 The baptism of John--was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me."

  • Mark 1:5
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    5 All the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem went out to him. They were baptized by him in the Jordan river, confessing their sins.

  • Matt 3:5
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    5 Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.

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

  • Luke 3:15
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    15 As the people were in expectation, and all men reasoned in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he was the Christ,

  • 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 3:13-14
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    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?"

  • Acts 13:24-25
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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.'

  • Luke 7:24
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    24 When John's messengers had departed, he began to tell the multitudes about John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

  • John 1:28
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    28 These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

  • 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.

  • John 1:18
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    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.

  • 2 Kgs 1:7
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    7 He said to them, "What kind of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?"

  • Matt 21:25
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    25 The baptism of John, where was it from? From heaven or from men?" They reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'

  • Acts 19:3
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    3 He said, "Into what then were you baptized?" They said, "Into John's baptism."