Bible Cross References
baptism
Luke 7:28-35
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I tell you," Jesus added, "John is greater than anyone who has ever lived. But the one who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than John."
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All the people heard him; they and especially the tax collectors were the ones who had obeyed God's righteous demands and had been baptized by John.
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But the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law rejected God's purpose for themselves and refused to be baptized by John.
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Jesus continued, "Now to what can I compare the people of this day? What are they like?
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They are like children sitting in the marketplace. One group shouts to the other, 'We played wedding music for you, but you wouldn't dance! We sang funeral songs, but you wouldn't cry!'
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John the Baptist came, and he fasted and drank no wine, and you said, 'He has a demon in him!'
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The Son of Man came, and he ate and drank, and you said, 'Look at this man! He is a glutton and wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and other outcasts!'
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God's wisdom, however, is shown to be true by all who accept it."
Matthew 11:7-19
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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?
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What did you go out to see? A man dressed up in fancy clothes? People who dress like that live in palaces!
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Tell me, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes indeed, but you saw much more than a prophet.
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For John is the one of whom the scripture says: 'God said, I will send my messenger ahead of you to open the way for you.'
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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.
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From the time John preached his message until this very day the Kingdom of heaven has suffered violent attacks, and violent men try to seize it.
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Until the time of John all the prophets and the Law of Moses spoke about the Kingdom;
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and if you are willing to believe their message, John is Elijah, whose coming was predicted.
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Listen, then, if you have ears!
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"Now, to what can I compare the people of this day? They are like children sitting in the marketplace. One group shouts to the other,
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'We played wedding music for you, but you wouldn't dance! We sang funeral songs, but you wouldn't cry!'
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When John came, he fasted and drank no wine, and everyone said, 'He has a demon in him!'
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When the Son of Man came, he ate and drank, and everyone said, 'Look at this man! He is a glutton and wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and other outcasts!' God's wisdom, however, is shown to be true by its results."
Matthew 17:11
"Elijah is indeed coming first," answered Jesus, "and he will get everything ready.
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 21:25-32
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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.
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"Now, what do you think? There was once a man who had two sons. He went to the older one and said, 'Son, go and work in the vineyard today.'
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'I don't want to,' he answered, but later he changed his mind and went.
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Then the father went to the other son and said the same thing. 'Yes, sir,' he answered, but he did not go.
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Which one of the two did what his father wanted?" "The older one," they answered. So Jesus said to them, "I tell you: the tax collectors and the prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you.
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For John the Baptist came to you showing you the right path to take, and you would not believe him; but the tax collectors and the prostitutes believed him. Even when you saw this, you did not later change your minds and believe him.
John 1:6
God sent his messenger, a man named John,
John 1:19-28
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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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Luke 15:18
I will get up and go to my father and say, "Father, I have sinned against God and against you.
Daniel 4:25
You will be driven away from human society and will live with wild animals. For seven years you will eat grass like an ox and sleep in the open air, where the dew will fall on you. Then you will admit that the Supreme God controls all human kingdoms and that he can give them to anyone he chooses.
Daniel 4:26
The angel ordered the stump to be left in the ground. This means that you will become king again when you acknowledge that God rules all the world.