Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
Jesus
General references
Bible References
Jesus
Luke 7:24
After John’s messengers left, He began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
A reed
Genesis 49:4 Turbulent as water, you will no longer excel,
because you got into your father’s bed
and you defiled it—he got into my bed.
because you got into your father’s bed
and you defiled it—he
2 Corinthians 1:17
So when I planned this, was I irresponsible? Or what I plan, do I plan in a purely human way so that I say “Yes, yes” and “No, no” simultaneously?
Ephesians 4:14
Then we will no longer be little children, tossed by the waves and blown around by every wind of teaching, by human cunning with cleverness in the techniques of deceit.
James 1:6
But let him ask in faith without doubting. For the doubter is like the surging sea, driven and tossed by the wind.
General references
Matthew 3:5
Then people from Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the vicinity of the Jordan were flocking to him,
Luke 6:5
Then He told them, “The Son of Man is Lord of the Sabbath.”