John 1:31

John The Baptist Testifies To Jesus

³⁰ This is He of whom I said, After me cometh a man, who is preferred before me: for He was before me. ³¹ And I knew Him not: but therefore came I baptizing with water, that He might be made known to Israel. ³² And John testified saying, I saw the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven, and it abode upon Him.

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Luke 1:17

And he shall go before Him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers unto the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to prepare for the Lord a people well-disposed.

Matthew 3:6

and they were baptized by him in Jordan, confessing their sins.

Mark 1:3-5

and again, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight:" accordingly John came baptizing in the wilderness,

Luke 1:76-80

And thou, my child, shalt be called the prophet of the most High; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord,

Luke 2:39-42

And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.

Luke 3:3-4

and he went into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance in order to the remission of sins;

John 1:7

this man came for witness, that he might testify concerning the light, that through him all might believe.

John 1:33

And I knew Him not: but He that sent me to baptize with water, said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and abiding on Him, the same is he that baptizeth with the Holy Spirit.

Acts 19:4

Then said Paul, John indeed baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people, that they should believe in Him that was coming after him, that is, in Christ Jesus.