John 3:23

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • Gen 33:18 : 18 Jacob came in peace to the city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Paddan Aram; and encamped before the city.
  • 1 Sam 9:4 : 4 He passed through the hill country of Ephraim, and passed through the land of Shalishah, but they didn't find them: then they passed through the land of Shaalim, and there they weren't there: and he passed through the land of the Benjamites, but they didn't find them.
  • Jer 51:13 : 13 You who dwell on many waters, abundant in treasures, your end has come, the measure of your covetousness.
  • Ezek 19:10 : 10 Your mother was like a vine, in your blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.
  • Ezek 43:2 : 2 Behold, the glory of the God of Israel came from the way of the east: and his voice was like the sound of many waters; and the earth shined with his glory.
  • Matt 3:5-6 : 5 Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him. 6 They were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
  • Mark 1:4-5 : 4 John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins. 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.
  • Luke 3:7 : 7 He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be baptized by him, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
  • Rev 1:15 : 15 His feet were like burnished brass, as if it had been refined in a furnace. His voice was like the voice of many waters.
  • Rev 14:2 : 2 I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.
  • Rev 19:6 : 6 I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of mighty thunders, saying, "Hallelujah! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, reigns!

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