Bible Cross References
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Luke 3:1
It was the fifteenth year of the rule of Emperor Tiberius; Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod was ruler of Galilee, and his brother Philip was ruler of the territory of Iturea and Trachonitis; Lysanias was ruler of Abilene,
Luke 3:2
and Annas and Caiaphas were High Priests. At that time the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the desert.
John
Matthew 11:11
I assure you that John the Baptist is greater than anyone who has ever lived. But the one who is least in the Kingdom of heaven is greater than John.
Matthew 14:2-14
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"He is really John the Baptist, who has come back to life," he told his officials. "That is why he has this power to perform miracles."
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For Herod had earlier ordered John's arrest, and he had him tied up and put in prison. He had done this because of Herodias, his brother Philip's wife.
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For some time John the Baptist had told Herod, "It isn't right for you to be married to Herodias!"
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Herod wanted to kill him, but he was afraid of the Jewish people, because they considered John to be a prophet.
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On Herod's birthday the daughter of Herodias danced in front of the whole group. Herod was so pleased
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that he promised her, "I swear that I will give you anything you ask for!"
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At her mother's suggestion she asked him, "Give me here and now the head of John the Baptist on a plate!"
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The king was sad, but because of the promise he had made in front of all his guests he gave orders that her wish be granted.
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So he had John beheaded in prison.
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The head was brought in on a plate and given to the girl, who took it to her mother.
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John's disciples came, carried away his body, and buried it; then they went and told Jesus.
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When Jesus heard the news about John, he left there in a boat and went to a lonely place by himself. The people heard about it, and so they left their towns and followed him by land.
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Jesus got out of the boat, and when he saw the large crowd, his heart was filled with pity for them, and he healed their sick.
Matthew 16:14
"Some say John the Baptist," they answered. "Others say Elijah, while others say Jeremiah or some other prophet."
Matthew 17:12
But I tell you that Elijah has already come and people did not recognize him, but treated him just as they pleased. In the same way they will also mistreat the Son of Man."
Matthew 17:13
Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.
Matthew 21:25-27
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Where did John's right to baptize come from: was it from God or from human beings?" They started to argue among themselves, "What shall we say? If we answer, 'From God,' he will say to us, 'Why, then, did you not believe John?'
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But if we say, 'From human beings,' we are afraid of what the people might do, because they are all convinced that John was a prophet."
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So they answered Jesus, "We don't know." And he said to them, "Neither will I tell you, then, by what right I do these things.
Matthew 21:32-27
Mark 1:4
So John appeared in the desert, baptizing and preaching. "Turn away from your sins and be baptized," he told the people, "and God will forgive your sins."
Mark 1:15
"The right time has come," he said, "and the Kingdom of God is near! Turn away from your sins and believe the Good News!"
Mark 6:16-29
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When Herod heard it, he said, "He is John the Baptist! I had his head cut off, but he has come back to life!"
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Herod himself had ordered John's arrest, and he had him tied up and put in prison. Herod did this because of Herodias, whom he had married, even though she was the wife of his brother Philip.
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John the Baptist kept telling Herod, "It isn't right for you to marry your brother's wife!"
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So Herodias held a grudge against John and wanted to kill him, but she could not because of Herod.
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Herod was afraid of John because he knew that John was a good and holy man, and so he kept him safe. He liked to listen to him, even though he became greatly disturbed every time he heard him.
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Finally Herodias got her chance. It was on Herod's birthday, when he gave a feast for all the top government officials, the military chiefs, and the leading citizens of Galilee.
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The daughter of Herodias came in and danced, and pleased Herod and his guests. So the king said to the girl, "What would you like to have? I will give you anything you want."
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With many vows he said to her, "I swear that I will give you anything you ask for, even as much as half my kingdom!"
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So the girl went out and asked her mother, "What shall I ask for?" "The head of John the Baptist," she answered.
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The girl hurried back at once to the king and demanded, "I want you to give me here and now the head of John the Baptist on a plate!"
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This made the king very sad, but he could not refuse her because of the vows he had made in front of all his guests.
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So he sent off a guard at once with orders to bring John's head. The guard left, went to the prison, and cut John's head off;
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then he brought it on a plate and gave it to the girl, who gave it to her mother.
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When John's disciples heard about this, they came and got his body, and buried it.
Luke 1:13-17
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But the angel said to him, "Don't be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayer, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son. You are to name him John.
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How glad and happy you will be, and how happy many others will be when he is born!
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John will be great in the Lord's sight. He must not drink any wine or strong drink. From his very birth he will be filled with the Holy Spirit,
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and he will bring back many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God.
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He will go ahead of the Lord, strong and mighty like the prophet Elijah. He will bring fathers and children together again; he will turn disobedient people back to the way of thinking of the righteous; he will get the Lord's people ready for him."
Luke 1:76-17
Luke 3:2-20
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and Annas and Caiaphas were High Priests. At that time the word of God came to John son of Zechariah in the desert.
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So John went throughout the whole territory of the Jordan River, preaching, "Turn away from your sins and be baptized, and God will forgive your sins."
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As it is written in the book of the prophet Isaiah: "Someone is shouting in the desert: 'Get the road ready for the Lord; make a straight path for him to travel!
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Every valley must be filled up, every hill and mountain leveled off. The winding roads must be made straight, and the rough paths made smooth.
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The whole human race will see God's salvation!' "
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Crowds of people came out to John to be baptized by him. "You snakes!" he said to them. "Who told you that you could escape from the punishment God is about to send?
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Do those things that will show that you have turned from your sins. And don't start saying among yourselves that Abraham is your ancestor. I tell you that God can take these rocks and make descendants for Abraham!
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The ax is ready to cut down the trees at the roots; every tree that does not bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown in the fire."
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The people asked him, "What are we to do, then?"
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He answered, "Whoever has two shirts must give one to the man who has none, and whoever has food must share it."
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Some tax collectors came to be baptized, and they asked him, "Teacher, what are we to do?"
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"Don't collect more than is legal," he told them.
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Some soldiers also asked him, "What about us? What are we to do?" He said to them, "Don't take money from anyone by force or accuse anyone falsely. Be content with your pay."
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People's hopes began to rise, and they began to wonder whether John perhaps might be the Messiah.
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So John said to all of them, "I baptize you with water, but someone is coming who is much greater than I am. I am not good enough even to untie his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
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He has his winnowing shovel with him, to thresh out all the grain and gather the wheat into his barn; but he will burn the chaff in a fire that never goes out."
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In many different ways John preached the Good News to the people and urged them to change their ways.
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But John reprimanded Governor Herod, because he had married Herodias, his brother's wife, and had done many other evil things.
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Then Herod did an even worse thing by putting John in prison.
John 1:6-8
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God sent his messenger, a man named John,
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who came to tell people about the light, so that all should hear the message and believe.
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He himself was not the light; he came to tell about the light.
John 1:15-36
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John spoke about him. He cried out, "This is the one I was talking about when I said, 'He comes after me, but he is greater than I am, because he existed before I was born.' "
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Out of the fullness of his grace he has blessed us all, giving us one blessing after another.
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God gave the Law through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
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No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is the same as God and is at the Father's side, he has made him known.
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The Jewish authorities in Jerusalem sent some priests and Levites to John to ask him, "Who are you?"
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John did not refuse to answer, but spoke out openly and clearly, saying: "I am not the Messiah."
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"Who are you, then?" they asked. "Are you Elijah?" "No, I am not," John answered. "Are you the Prophet?" they asked. "No," he replied.
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"Then tell us who you are," they said. "We have to take an answer back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself ?"
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John answered by quoting the prophet Isaiah: "I am 'the voice of someone shouting in the desert: Make a straight path for the Lord to travel!' "
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The messengers, who had been sent by the Pharisees,
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then asked John, "If you are not the Messiah nor Elijah nor the Prophet, why do you baptize?"
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John answered, "I baptize with water, but among you stands the one you do not know.
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He is coming after me, but I am not good enough even to untie his sandals."
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All this happened in Bethany on the east side of the Jordan River, where John was baptizing.
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The next day John saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "There is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
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This is the one I was talking about when I said, 'A man is coming after me, but he is greater than I am, because he existed before I was born.'
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I did not know who he would be, but I came baptizing with water in order to make him known to the people of Israel."
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And John gave this testimony: "I saw the Spirit come down like a dove from heaven and stay on him.
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I still did not know that he was the one, but God, who sent me to baptize with water, had said to me, 'You will see the Spirit come down and stay on a man; he is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.'
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I have seen it," said John, "and I tell you that he is the Son of God."
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The next day John was standing there again with two of his disciples,
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when he saw Jesus walking by. "There is the Lamb of God!" he said.
John 3:27-36
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John answered, "No one can have anything unless God gives it.
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You yourselves are my witnesses that I said, 'I am not the Messiah, but I have been sent ahead of him.'
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The bridegroom is the one to whom the bride belongs; but the bridegroom's friend, who stands by and listens, is glad when he hears the bridegroom's voice. This is how my own happiness is made complete.
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He must become more important while I become less important."
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He who comes from above is greater than all. He who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly matters, but he who comes from heaven is above all.
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He tells what he has seen and heard, yet no one accepts his message.
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But whoever accepts his message confirms by this that God is truthful.
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The one whom God has sent speaks God's words, because God gives him the fullness of his Spirit.
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The Father loves his Son and has put everything in his power.
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Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not have life, but will remain under God's punishment.
Acts 1:22
Acts 13:24
Before Jesus began his work, John preached to all the people of Israel that they should turn from their sins and be baptized.
Acts 13:25
And as John was about to finish his mission, he said to the people, 'Who do you think I am? I am not the one you are waiting for. But listen! He is coming after me, and I am not good enough to take his sandals off his feet.'
Acts 19:3
"Well, then, what kind of baptism did you receive?" Paul asked. "The baptism of John," they answered.
Acts 19:4
Paul said, "The baptism of John was for those who turned from their sins; and he told the people of Israel to believe in the one who was coming after him---that is, in Jesus."
preaching
Isaiah 40:3-6
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A voice cries out, "Prepare in the wilderness a road for the LORD! Clear the way in the desert for our God!
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Fill every valley; level every mountain. The hills will become a plain, and the rough country will be made smooth.
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Then the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all people will see it. The LORD himself has promised this."
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A voice cries out, "Proclaim a message!" "What message shall I proclaim?" I ask. "Proclaim that all human beings are like grass; they last no longer than wild flowers.
Mark 1:7
He announced to the people, "The man who will come after me is much greater than I am. I am not good enough even to bend down and untie his sandals.
Luke 1:17
He will go ahead of the Lord, strong and mighty like the prophet Elijah. He will bring fathers and children together again; he will turn disobedient people back to the way of thinking of the righteous; he will get the Lord's people ready for him."
the wilderness
Matthew 11:7
While John's disciples were leaving, Jesus spoke about him to the crowds: "When you went out to John in the desert, what did you expect to see? A blade of grass bending in the wind?
Joshua 14:10
But now, look. It has been forty-five years since the LORD said that to Moses. That was when Israel was going through the desert, and the LORD, as he promised, has kept me alive ever since. Look at me! I am eighty-five years old
Joshua 15:61
In the desert there were Beth Arabah, Middin, Secacah,
Joshua 15:62
Nibshan, Salt City, and Engedi: six cities, along with the towns around them.
Luke 7:24
After John's messengers had left, Jesus began to speak about him to the crowds: "When you went out to John in the desert, what did you expect to see? A blade of grass bending in the wind?