John 3:25

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

there arose then a question from the disciples of John with `some' Jews about purifying,

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  • John 2:6 : 6 And there were there six water-jugs of stone, placed according to the purifying of the Jews, holding each two or three measures.
  • Heb 9:13-14 : 13 for if the blood of bulls, and goats, and ashes of an heifer, sprinkling those defiled, doth sanctify to the purifying of the flesh, 14 how much more shall the blood of the Christ (who through the age-during Spirit did offer himself unblemished to God) purify your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
  • Heb 9:23 : 23 `It is' necessary, therefore, the pattern indeed of the things in the heavens to be purified with these, and the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these;
  • 1 Pet 3:21 : 21 also to which an antitype doth now save us -- baptism, (not a putting away of the filth of flesh, but the question of a good conscience in regard to God,) through the rising again of Jesus Christ,
  • Heb 6:2 : 2 of the teaching of baptisms, of laying on also of hands, of rising again also of the dead, and of judgment age-during,
  • Heb 9:10 : 10 only in victuals, and drinks, and different baptisms, and fleshly ordinances -- till the time of reformation imposed upon `them'.
  • Matt 3:11 : 11 `I indeed do baptize you with water to reformation, but he who after me is coming is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to bear the sandals, he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire,
  • Mark 7:2-5 : 2 and having seen certain of his disciples with defiled hands -- that is, unwashed -- eating bread, they found fault; 3 for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, if they do not wash the hands to the wrist, do not eat, holding the tradition of the elders, 4 and, `coming' from the market-place, if they do not baptize themselves, they do not eat; and many other things there are that they received to hold, baptisms of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and couches. 5 Then question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, `Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?'
  • Mark 7:8 : 8 for, having put away the command of God, ye hold the tradition of men, baptisms of pots and cups; and many other such like things ye do.'

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • John 3:26
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    26and they came unto John, and said to him, `Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou didst testify, lo, this one is baptizing, and all are coming unto him.'

  • John 1:24-26
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    77%

    24And those sent were of the Pharisees,

    25and they questioned him and said to him, `Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?'

    26John answered them, saying, `I baptize with water, but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known, this one it is who is coming after me, who hath been before me,

  • John 3:22-24
    3 verses
    77%

    22After these things came Jesus and his disciples to the land of Judea, and there he did tarry with them, and was baptizing;

    23and John was also baptizing in Aenon, nigh to Salem, because there were many waters there, and they were coming and were being baptized --

    24for John was not yet cast into the prison --

  • Luke 20:3-4
    2 verses
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    3And he answering said unto them, `I will question you -- I also -- one thing, and tell me:

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

  • Luke 7:18-20
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    74%

    18And the disciples of John told him about all these things,

    19and John having called near a certain two of his disciples, sent unto Jesus, saying, `Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

    20And having come near to him, the men said, `John the Baptist sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he who is coming, or for another do we look?'

  • John 1:19
    74%

    19And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites, that they might question him, `Who art thou?'

  • Matt 3:13-15
    3 verses
    73%

    13Then cometh Jesus from Galilee upon the Jordan, unto John to be baptized by him,

    14but John was forbidding him, saying, `I have need by thee to be baptized -- and thou dost come unto me!'

    15But Jesus answering said to him, `Suffer now, for thus it is becoming to us to fulfill all righteousness,' then he doth suffer him.

  • Mark 11:30
    73%

    30the baptism of John -- from heaven was it? or from men? answer me.'

  • Matt 21:25
    72%

    25the baptism of John, whence was it? -- from heaven, or from men?' And they were reasoning with themselves, saying, `If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Wherefore, then, did ye not believe him?

  • John 4:1-3
    3 verses
    72%

    1When therefore the Lord knew that the Pharisees heard that Jesus more disciples doth make and baptize than John,

    2(though indeed Jesus himself was not baptizing, but his disciples,)

    3he left Judea and went away again to Galilee,

  • Acts 19:3
    72%

    3and he said unto them, `To what, then, were ye baptized?' and they said, `To John's baptism.'

  • John 11:55
    71%

    55And the passover of the Jews was nigh, and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country before the passover, that they might purify themselves;

  • John 1:28
    71%

    28These things came to pass in Bethabara, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing,

  • Matt 3:5-6
    2 verses
    71%

    5Then were going forth unto him Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region round about the Jordan,

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

  • Luke 3:15-16
    2 verses
    71%

    15And the people are looking forward, and all are reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether or not he may be the Christ;

    16John answered, saying to all, `I indeed with water do baptise you, but he cometh who is mightier than I, of whom I am not worthy to loose the latchet of his sandals -- he shall baptise you with the Holy Spirit and with fire;

  • John 1:35
    71%

    35On the morrow, again, John was standing, and two of his disciples,

  • Matt 3:1
    71%

    1And in those days cometh John the Baptist, proclaiming in the wilderness of Judea,

  • Mark 1:4-5
    2 verses
    70%

    4John came baptizing in the wilderness, and proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

    5and there were going forth to him all the region of Judea, and they of Jerusalem, and they were all baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

  • Matt 11:2-3
    2 verses
    70%

    2And John having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, having sent two of his disciples,

    3said to him, `Art thou He who is coming, or for another do we look?'

  • Matt 9:14
    70%

    14Then come to him do the disciples of John, saying, `Wherefore do we and the Pharisees fast much, and thy disciples fast not?'

  • John 10:40
    70%

    40and went away again to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John was at first baptizing, and remained there,

  • Luke 3:3
    69%

    3and he came to all the region round the Jordan, proclaiming a baptism of reformation -- to remission of sins,

  • Acts 13:24
    69%

    24John having first preached, before his coming, a baptism of reformation to all the people of Israel;

  • Mark 1:9
    69%

    9And it came to pass in those days, Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John at the Jordan;

  • Luke 7:29
    69%

    29And all the people having heard, and the tax-gatherers, declared God righteous, having been baptized with the baptism of John,

  • Luke 3:12
    68%

    12And there came also tax-gatherers to be baptised, and they said unto him, `Teacher, what shall we do?'

  • Matt 17:13
    68%

    13Then understood the disciples that concerning John the Baptist he spake to them.

  • John 1:31
    68%

    31and I knew him not, but, that he might be manifested to Israel, because of this I came with the water baptizing.

  • John 4:9
    67%

    9the Samaritan woman therefore saith to him, `How dost thou, being a Jew, ask drink from me, being a Samaritan woman?' for Jews have no dealing with Samaritans.

  • Mark 2:18
    67%

    18And the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees were fasting, and they come and say to him, `Wherefore do the disciples of John and those of the Pharisees fast, and thy disciples do not fast?'

  • John 1:33
    67%

    33and I did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water, He said to me, On whomsoever thou mayst see the Spirit coming down, and remaining on him, this is he who is baptizing with the Holy Spirit;

  • Matt 3:3
    66%

    3for this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, `A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, straight make ye His paths.'

  • John 1:22
    66%

    22They said then to him, `Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us? what dost thou say concerning thyself?'

  • Mark 7:5
    66%

    5Then question him do the Pharisees and the scribes, `Wherefore do thy disciples not walk according to the tradition of the elders, but with unwashed hands do eat the bread?'

  • Mark 9:14
    66%

    14And having come unto the disciples, he saw a great multitude about them, and scribes questioning with them,