Bible Cross References
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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?
Matthew 11:8
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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Luke 1:80
The child grew and developed in body and spirit. He lived in the desert until the day when he appeared publicly to the people of Israel.
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.
Matthew 3:1-5
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At that time John the Baptist came to the desert of Judea and started preaching.
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"Turn away from your sins," he said, "because the Kingdom of heaven is near!"
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John was the man the prophet Isaiah was talking about when he said, "Someone is shouting in the desert, 'Prepare a road for the Lord; make a straight path for him to travel!' "
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John's clothes were made of camel's hair; he wore a leather belt around his waist, and his food was locusts and wild honey.
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People came to him from Jerusalem, from the whole province of Judea, and from all over the country near the Jordan River.
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 1:5
Many people from the province of Judea and the city of Jerusalem went out to hear John. They confessed their sins, and he baptized them in the Jordan River.
John 1:23
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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Genesis 49:4
You are like a raging flood, But you will not be the most important, For you slept with my concubine And dishonored your father's bed.
2 Corinthians 1:17-20
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In planning this, did I appear fickle? When I make my plans, do I make them from selfish motives, ready to say "Yes, yes" and "No, no" at the same time?
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As surely as God speaks the truth, my promise to you was not a "Yes" and a "No."
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For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who was preached among you by Silas, Timothy, and myself, is not one who is "Yes" and "No." On the contrary, he is God's "Yes";
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for it is he who is the "Yes" to all of God's promises. This is why through Jesus Christ our "Amen" is said to the glory of God.
Ephesians 4:14
Then we shall no longer be children, carried by the waves and blown about by every shifting wind of the teaching of deceitful people, who lead others into error by the tricks they invent.
James 1:6-8
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But when you pray, you must believe and not doubt at all. Whoever doubts is like a wave in the sea that is driven and blown about by the wind.
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If you are like that, unable to make up your mind and undecided in all you do, you must not think that you will receive anything from the Lord.
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(SEE 1:7)
2 Peter 2:17
These people are like dried-up springs, like clouds blown along by a storm; God has reserved a place for them in the deepest darkness.
2 Peter 3:17
But you, my friends, already know this. Be on your guard, then, so that you will not be led away by the errors of lawless people and fall from your safe position.