John 4:1

Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

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

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  • John 3:26 : 26 and 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 3:22 : 22 After these things came Jesus and his disciples to the land of Judea, and there he did tarry with them, and was baptizing;
  • 2 Cor 4:5 : 5 for not ourselves do we preach, but Christ Jesus -- Lord, and ourselves your servants because of Jesus;
  • Jas 2:1 : 1 My brethren, hold not, in respect of persons, the faith of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ,
  • Rev 19:16 : 16 and he hath upon the garment and upon his thigh the name written, `King of kings, and Lord of lords.'
  • Luke 2:11 : 11 because there was born to you to-day a Saviour -- who is Christ the Lord -- in the city of David,
  • Acts 10:36 : 36 the word that he sent to the sons of Israel, proclaiming good news -- peace through Jesus Christ (this one is Lord of all,)
  • 1 Cor 2:8 : 8 which no one of the rulers of this age did know, for if they had known, the Lord of the glory they would not have crucified;
  • 1 Cor 15:47 : 47 The first man `is' out of the earth, earthy; the second man `is' the Lord out of heaven;
  • Luke 19:31 : 31 and if any one doth question you, Wherefore do ye loose `it'? thus ye shall say to him -- The Lord hath need of it.'
  • Luke 19:34 : 34 and they said, `The Lord hath need of it;'
  • Luke 1:76 : 76 And thou, child, Prophet of the Highest Shalt thou be called; For thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, To prepare His ways.

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

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    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 --

    25there arose then a question from the disciples of John with `some' Jews about purifying,

    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.'

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

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    1At that time did Herod the tetrarch hear the fame of Jesus,

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    12Then his disciples having come near, said to him, `Hast thou known that the Pharisees, having heard the word, were stumbled?'

  • John 1:24-26
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    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,

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    12And Jesus having heard that John was delivered up, did withdraw to Galilee,

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

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    37ye -- ye have known; -- the word that came throughout all Judea, having begun from Galilee, after the baptism that John preached;

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

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

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    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;

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    1And gathered together unto him are the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, having come from Jerusalem,

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

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