Luke 7:20

World English Bible (2000)

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?'"

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  • Luke 7:19 : 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?"

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  • Luke 7:18-19
    2 verses
    94%

    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?"

  • Matt 11:2-4
    3 verses
    90%

    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?"

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

  • John 3:26
    79%

    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 1:19
    78%

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

  • John 1:21-26
    6 verses
    77%

    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."

    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.

  • Luke 7:24-27
    4 verses
    77%

    24When 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?

    25But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft clothing? Behold, those who are gorgeously dressed, and live delicately, are in kings' courts.

    26But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

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

  • Luke 20:2-4
    3 verses
    75%

    2They asked him, "Tell us: by what authority do you do these things? Or who is giving you this authority?"

    3He answered them, "I also will ask you one question. Tell me:

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

  • Matt 11:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and much more than a prophet.

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

  • Matt 11:7
    73%

    7As these went their way, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, "What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

  • Mark 8:28
    73%

    28They told him, "John the Baptizer, and others say Elijah, but others: one of the prophets."

  • Matt 16:14
    73%

    14They said, "Some say John the Baptizer, some, Elijah, and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets."

  • 2 Kgs 1:7
    73%

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

  • Luke 3:15
    73%

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

  • Mark 11:30
    73%

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

  • Matt 21:25
    73%

    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?'

  • Luke 7:21-22
    2 verses
    72%

    21In that hour he cured many of diseases and plagues and evil spirits; and to many who were blind he gave sight.

    22Jesus answered them, "Go and tell John the things which you have seen and heard: that the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have good news preached to them.

  • Luke 9:19
    72%

    19They answered, "'John the Baptizer,' but others say, 'Elijah,' and others, that one of the old prophets is risen again."

  • John 5:33
    71%

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

  • John 1:6
    71%

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

  • Mark 9:11
    71%

    11They asked him, saying, "Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

  • Luke 20:7
    71%

    7They answered that they didn't know where it was from.

  • Matt 3:3
    71%

    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 7:25
    71%

    25Therefore some of them of Jerusalem said, "Isn't this he whom they seek to kill?

  • John 3:28
    71%

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

  • Matt 17:10
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    10His disciples asked him, saying, "Then why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?"

  • Luke 9:9
    71%

    9Herod said, "John I beheaded, but who is this, about whom I hear such things?" He sought to see him.

  • Mark 1:7
    70%

    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.

  • John 18:7
    70%

    7Again therefore he asked them, "Who are you looking for?" They said, "Jesus of Nazareth."

  • Mark 6:15
    70%

    15But others said, "He is Elijah." Others said, "He is a prophet, or like one of the prophets."

  • Matt 14:2
    70%

    2and said to his servants, "This is John the Baptizer. He is risen from the dead. That is why these powers work in him."

  • John 1:30
    70%

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

  • Matt 3:14
    70%

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

  • John 12:21
    70%

    21These, therefore, came to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and asked him, saying, "Sir, we want to see Jesus."

  • Matt 17:13
    69%

    13Then the disciples understood that he spoke to them of John the Baptizer.

  • Acts 13:24
    69%

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