Matthew 3:1

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Summary

Matthew 3:1

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

Those

Luke 3:1

John

Preaching

Mark 1:7

Luke 1:17

General references

Luke 1:16

Bible References

Those

AND in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being procurator of Judea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and Philip his brother tetrarch of Ituria and the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene,

John

I tell you truly, there has not arisen among those born of woman a greater than John the Baptist; but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

and said to his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is raised from the dead; and on that account the mighty works are performed by him.

And they said, Some, John the Baptist; others, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

But I tell you Elijah has come already, and they knew him not, but did to him what they pleased. In like manner, also, the Son of man is about to suffer from them.

Whence was the baptism of John? from heaven or from men? And they reasoned within themselves, saying, If we say from heaven, he will say to us, Why did you not believe him?

John baptized in the wilderness, preaching the baptism of a change of mind for the forgiveness of sins.

But Herod hearing of him, said, This is John whom I beheaded; he has been raised up.

And the angel said to him, Fear not, Zachariah, for your prayer is heard, and your wife Elizabeth shall bear you a son; and you shall call his name John.

under the chief priest Annas, and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness.

There was a man, sent by God, whose name was John.

John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it is given him from heaven.

beginning from the baptism of John till the day on which he was taken up from us, should be made with us a witness of his resurrection.

John having preached before his coming the baptism of a change of mind to all the people of Israel.

And he said to them, With what then were you baptized? And they said, With John's baptism.

Preaching

and preached, saying, After me comes one mightier than I, the strings of whose shoes I am not fit to stoop down and untie;

And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

General references

and many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.