John 1:26

World English Bible (2000)

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

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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.
  • Mark 1:8 : 8 I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit."
  • 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,
  • John 1:10-11 : 10 He was in the world, and the world was made through him, and the world didn't recognize him. 11 He came to his own, and those who were his own didn't receive him.
  • Acts 1:5 : 5 For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now."
  • John 8:19 : 19 They said therefore to him, "Where is your Father?" Jesus answered, "You know neither me, nor my Father. If you knew me, you would know my Father also."
  • John 16:3 : 3 They will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
  • John 17:3 : 3 This is eternal life, that they should know you, the only true God, and him whom you sent, Jesus Christ.
  • John 17:25 : 25 Righteous Father, the world hasn't known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.
  • Acts 11:16 : 16 I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit.'
  • 1 John 3:1 : 1 Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.
  • Mal 3:1-2 : 1 "Behold, I send my messenger, and he will prepare the way before me; and the Lord, whom you seek, will suddenly come to his temple; and the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, behold, he comes!" says Yahweh of Armies. 2 "But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner's fire, and like launderer's soap;

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 1:25
    85%

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

  • John 1:30-34
    5 verses
    84%

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

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

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

    33I 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.'

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

  • John 1:27-28
    2 verses
    83%

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

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

  • Luke 3:15-16
    2 verses
    83%

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

    16John 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,

  • John 3:25-26
    2 verses
    81%

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

    26They 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."

  • Mark 1:7-10
    4 verses
    81%

    7He 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.

    8I baptized you in water, but he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit."

    9It happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

    10Immediately coming up from the water, he saw the heavens parting, and the Spirit descending on him like a dove.

  • Matt 3:11
    77%

    11I 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.

  • Acts 13:24-25
    2 verses
    77%

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

    25As 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 1:19-23
    5 verses
    77%

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

    20He declared, and didn't deny, but he declared, "I am not the Christ."

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

    22They 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?"

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

  • John 3:28
    76%

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

  • John 1:6
    76%

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

  • John 1:15
    75%

    15John 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.'"

  • Matt 3:13-14
    2 verses
    75%

    13Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.

    14But John would have hindered him, saying, "I need to be baptized by you, and you come to me?"

  • Acts 19:3-4
    2 verses
    74%

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

    4Paul 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."

  • Acts 1:5
    74%

    5For John indeed baptized in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit not many days from now."

  • John 3:22-23
    2 verses
    74%

    22After these things, Jesus came with his disciples into the land of Judea. He stayed there with them, and baptized.

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

  • 1 Cor 1:15
    73%

    15so that no one should say that I had baptized you into my own name.

  • Mark 1:3-5
    3 verses
    73%

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

    4John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

    5All 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.

  • John 1:8
    73%

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

  • Mark 11:30
    73%

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

  • Matt 11:3
    72%

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

  • Matt 3:1
    72%

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

  • Luke 20:4
    72%

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

  • Matt 3:3
    72%

    3For 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."

  • Luke 7:27-29
    3 verses
    72%

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

    28"For I tell you, among those who are born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Baptizer, yet he who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than he."

    29When all the people and the tax collectors heard this, they declared God to be just, having been baptized with John's baptism.

  • Matt 3:6
    72%

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

  • John 4:2
    72%

    2(although Jesus himself didn't baptize, but his disciples),

  • Matt 11:10
    71%

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