John 3:25

World English Bible (2000)

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

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  • John 2:6 : 6 Now there were six water pots of stone set there after the Jews' way of purifying, containing two or three metretes apiece.
  • Heb 9:13-14 : 13 For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the cleanness of the flesh: 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
  • Heb 9:23 : 23 It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 This is a symbol of baptism, which now saves you--not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the answer of a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
  • Heb 6:2 : 2 of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on of hands, of resurrection of the dead, and of eternal judgment.
  • Heb 9:10 : 10 being only (with meats and drinks and various washings) fleshly ordinances, imposed until a time of reformation.
  • 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 7:2-5 : 2 Now when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed, hands, they found fault. 3 (For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, don't eat unless they wash their hands and forearms, holding to the tradition of the elders. 4 They don't eat when they come from the marketplace, unless they bathe themselves, and there are many other things, which they have received to hold to: washings of cups, pitchers, bronze vessels, and couches.) 5 The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"
  • Mark 7:8 : 8 "For you set aside the commandment of God, and hold tightly to the tradition of men--the washing of pitchers and cups, and you do many other such things."

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    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."

  • John 1:24-26
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    24The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.

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

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

  • John 3:22-24
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    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.

    24For John was not yet thrown into prison.

  • Luke 20:3-4
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    3He answered them, "I also will ask you one question. Tell me:

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

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

    19John, 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?"

    20When 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 1:19
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    19This is John's testimony, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"

  • Matt 3:13-15
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    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?"

    15But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Allow it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed him.

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

  • Matt 21:25
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    25The 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?'

  • John 4:1-3
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    1Therefore when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more disciples than John

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

    3he left Judea, and departed into Galilee.

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

  • John 11:55
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    55Now the Passover of the Jews was at hand. Many went up from the country to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves.

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

  • Matt 3:5-6
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    5Then people from Jerusalem, all of Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him.

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

  • Luke 3:15-16
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    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 1:35
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    35Again, the next day, John was standing with two of his disciples,

  • Matt 3:1
    71%

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

  • Mark 1:4-5
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    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.

  • Matt 11:2-3
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    2Now when John heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples

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

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    14Then John's disciples came to him, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples don't fast?"

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    40He went away again beyond the Jordan into the place where John was baptizing at first, and there he stayed.

  • Luke 3:3
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    3He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.

  • Acts 13:24
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    24before his coming, when John had first preached the baptism of repentance to Israel.

  • Mark 1:9
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    9It happened in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

  • Luke 7:29
    69%

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

  • Luke 3:12
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    12Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they said to him, "Teacher, what must we do?"

  • Matt 17:13
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    13Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.

  • John 1:31
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    31I didn't know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water: that he would be revealed to Israel."

  • John 4:9
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    9The Samaritan woman therefore said to him, "How is it that you, being a Jew, ask for a drink from me, a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.)

  • Mark 2:18
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    18John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting, and they came and asked him, "Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but your disciples don't fast?"

  • John 1:33
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    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.'

  • Matt 3:3
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    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."

  • John 1:22
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    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?"

  • Mark 7:5
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    5The Pharisees and the scribes asked him, "Why don't your disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat their bread with unwashed hands?"

  • Mark 9:14
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    14Coming to the disciples, he saw a great multitude around them, and scribes questioning them.