Bible Cross References
baptism
Matthew 3:1-12
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In those days John the Immerser came preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
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and saying, Repent, for the kingdom of Heaven has drawn near!
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For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord; make His paths straight.
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And John himself was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather waistband around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
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Then Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the region around the Jordan went out to him
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and were immersed by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
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But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, Offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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Therefore bring forth fruits worthy of repentance,
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and do not think to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father. For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
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And now already the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore any tree which does not bear good fruit is cut off and thrown into the fire.
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I indeed immerse you in water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire;
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whose winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will thoroughly cleanse His threshing floor, and gather His wheat into the granary; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.
Matthew 11:7-15
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And as they departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
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But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in kings' houses.
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But what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes, I say to you, and more than a prophet.
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For this is he of whom it is written: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You.
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Truly I say to you, among those born of women there has not risen one greater than John the Immerser; but he who is least in the kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.
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And from the days of John the Immerser until now the kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.
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For all the Prophets and the Law prophesied until John.
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And if you are willing to receive it, he is Elijah who is to come.
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He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
Matthew 17:12
But I say to you that Elijah has come already, and they did not know him but did to him whatever they wished. Likewise the Son of Man is also about to suffer under them.
Matthew 17:13
Then the disciples understood that He spoke to them of John the Immerser.
Mark 1:1-11
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The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
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As it is written in the Prophets: Behold, I send My messenger before Your face, who will prepare Your way before You.
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The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord; make His paths straight.
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John came immersing in the wilderness and preaching an immersion of repentance for the remission of sins.
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And all the land of Judea, and those from Jerusalem, went out to him and were all immersed by him in the Jordan River, confessing their sins.
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Now John was clothed with camel's hair and with a leather waistband around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.
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And he preached, saying, There comes One after me who is mightier than I, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.
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I indeed immerse you in water, but He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.
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And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was immersed by John in the Jordan.
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And immediately, coming up from the water, He saw the heavens parting and the Spirit descending upon Him like a dove.
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And a voice came from Heaven, You are My beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.
Mark 11:27-33
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And they came again to Jerusalem. And as He was walking in the temple, the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders came to Him.
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And they said to Him, By what authority do You do these things? And who gave You this authority to do these things?
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And Jesus answered and said to them, I also will ask you one question, and answer Me; and I will tell you by what authority I do these things:
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The immersion of John; was it from Heaven or from men? Answer Me.
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And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From Heaven, He will say, Why then did you not believe him?
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But if we say, From men; they feared the people, for all counted John to have truly been a prophet.
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So they answered and said to Jesus, We do not know. And Jesus answered and said to them, Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things.
Luke 1:11-17
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And an angel of the Lord appeared to him, standing on the right side of the altar of incense.
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And when Zacharias saw him, he was troubled, and fear fell upon him.
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But the angel said to him, Do not be afraid, Zacharias, for your prayer is heard; and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.
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And you will have joy and gladness, and many will rejoice at his birth.
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For he will be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink. He will also be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.
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And he will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God.
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He will also go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Luke 1:67-80
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And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying:
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Blessed is the Lord God of Israel, for He has visited and redeemed His people,
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and raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of His servant David,
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as He spoke by the mouth of His holy prophets since the world began,
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Deliverance from our enemies and from the hand of all who hate us,
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to perform mercy with our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,
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the oath which He swore to our father Abraham:
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To grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies, might serve Him without fear,
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in holiness and righteousness before Him all the days of our life.
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And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High; for you will go before the face of the Lord to prepare His ways,
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to give knowledge of salvation to His people by the remission of their sins,
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through the tender mercy of our God, with which the Dayspring from on high has visited us;
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to give light to those who sit in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.
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So the child grew and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his proclamation to Israel.
Luke 3:2-20
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while Annas and Caiaphas were high priests, the Word of God came upon John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
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And he went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching an immersion of repentance for the remission of sins,
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as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, saying: The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord; make His paths straight.
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Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill made low; the crooked places shall be made straight and the rough ways level;
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and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
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Then he said to the multitudes that came out to be immersed by him, Offspring of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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Therefore produce fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father. For I say to you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.
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And even now the ax is laid to the root of the trees. Therefore every tree which does not produce good fruit is cut down and thrown into the fire.
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So the multitudes asked him, saying, What shall we do then?
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He answered and said to them, He who has two tunics, let him give to him who has none; and he who has food, let him do likewise.
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Then tax collectors also came to be immersed, and said to him, Teacher, what shall we do?
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And he said to them, Collect no more than what is appointed for you.
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Likewise the soldiers asked him, saying, And what shall we do? So he said to them, Do not intimidate anyone or accuse falsely, and be content with your wages.
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Now as the people were in expectation, and all reasoned in their hearts about John, whether or not he was the Christ,
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John answered, saying to them all, I indeed immerse you in water; but One mightier than I is coming, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire.
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His winnowing shovel is in His hand, and He will thoroughly clean out His threshing floor, and gather the wheat into His barn; but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire.
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And with many other exhortations he preached to the people.
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But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,
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also added this, above all, that he shut John up in prison.
Luke 7:28-35
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For I say to you, Among those born of women there is not a greater prophet than John the Immerser. But he who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.
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And when all the people heard Him, even the tax collectors justified God, having been immersed with the immersion of John.
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But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the purpose of God for themselves, not having been immersed by him.
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And the Lord said, To what then shall I liken the men of this generation, and what are they like?
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They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to one another, saying: We played the flute for you, and you did not dance; we mourned to you, and you did not weep.
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For John the Immerser came neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and you say, He has a demon.
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The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, Behold, a glutton and a wino, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.
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But wisdom is justified from all her children.
John 1:6
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
John 1:15
John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, This was He of whom I said, He who arrives after me appeared in history before me, for He existed before me.
John 1:25-34
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And they asked him, saying, Why then do you immerse if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?
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John answered them, saying, I immerse in water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know.
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It is He who, arriving after me, appeared in history before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.
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These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing.
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The next day John sees Jesus coming toward him, and says, Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
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This is He of whom I said, After me arrives a Man who appeared in history before me, for He existed before me.
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I did not know Him; but that He should be revealed to Israel, therefore I come immersing in water.
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And John bore witness, saying, I saw the Spirit descending out of Heaven like a dove, and He abode upon Him.
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I did not know Him, but He who sent me to immerse in water said to me, Upon whom you see the Spirit descending, and remaining on Him, this is He who immerses in the Holy Spirit.
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And I have seen and borne witness that this is the Son of God.
John 3:26-36
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And they came to John and said to him, Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you bore witness; behold, He is immersing, and everyone is coming to Him.
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John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from Heaven.
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You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but, I have been sent to go before Him.
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He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the bridegroom's voice. Therefore this joy of mine is fulfilled.
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He must increase, but I must decrease.
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He who comes from above is above all; he who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from Heaven is above all.
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And what He has seen and heard, this He testifies; and no one receives His testimony.
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He who has received His testimony has set his seal that God is true.
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For He whom God has sent speaks the Words of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure.
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The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into His hand.
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The one believing into the Son has eternal life; but the one disobeying the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
Why
Luke 20:5
And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From Heaven, He will say, Why then did you not believe him?
John 3:18
The one believing into Him is not judged; but the one not believing is judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.
John 5:33-36
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You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.
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Yet I do not receive testimony from man, but I say these things that you may be saved.
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He was the burning and shining lamp, and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light.
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But I have a greater testimony than John's; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish, the very works that I do, bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.
John 5:44-47
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How can you believe, who receive honor from one another, and do not seek the honor that comes from God only?
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Do not think that I shall accuse you to the Father; there is one who accuses you; Moses, in whom you have hoped.
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For if you believed Moses, you would believe Me; for he wrote about Me.
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But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe My words?
John 10:25
Jesus answered them, I told you, and you do not believe. The works that I do in My Father's name, they bear witness concerning Me.
John 10:26
But you do not believe, because you are not of My sheep, as I said to you.
John 12:37-43
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But although He had done so many signs before them, they did not believe into Him,
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that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: Lord, who has believed our report? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?
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Therefore they were not able to believe, because Isaiah said again:
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He has blinded their eyes and hardened their hearts, that they should not see with their eyes, that they should not understand with their hearts and be turned, and I should heal them.
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These things Isaiah said when he saw His glory and spoke of Him.
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Nevertheless even among the rulers many believed into Him, but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, that they might not be put out of the synagogue;
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for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God.
1 John 3:20
For if our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart, and knows all things.