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beginning from the baptism of John until the day He was taken up from us—from among these, it is necessary that one become a witness with us of His resurrection.” Verse ConceptsBeginning Of SalvationContemporary Witness To ChristChrist Is Risen

Then [people from] Jerusalem, all Judea, and all the vicinity of the Jordan were flocking to him, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins. When he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to the place of his baptism, he said to them, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? read more.
Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance.


Then Jesus came from Galilee to John at the Jordan, to be baptized by him. But John tried to stop Him, saying, "I need to be baptized by You, and yet You come to me?" Jesus answered him, "Allow it for now, because this is the way for us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he allowed Him [to be baptized]. read more.
After Jesus was baptized, He went up immediately from the water. The heavens suddenly opened for Him, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming down on Him.

Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from men?”

They began to argue among themselves, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’ Verse ConceptsDiscussionsNot Believing PeopleGod Acts From HeavenWhy Do People Not Do This?Man's Teaching

John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were flocking to him, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins.

I have baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit." In those days Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee and was baptized in the Jordan by John. As soon as He came up out of the water, He saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending to Him like a dove.

Was John’s baptism from heaven or from men? Answer Me.” Verse ConceptsMan's Teaching

He then said to the crowds who came out to be baptized by him, "Brood of vipers! Who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don't start saying to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones!

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?” Verse ConceptsSinnersTeachablenessBaptised By JohnOne's Deeds

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When all the people were baptized, Jesus also was baptized. As He was praying, heaven opened, Verse ConceptsJohn The BaptistThe Act Of OpeningOpening HeavenBaptised By JohnChrist's BaptismJesus PrayingBaptismTrinity

(And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God's way of righteousness, because they had been baptized with John's baptism. But since the Pharisees and experts in the law had not been baptized by him, they rejected the plan of God for themselves.)

was the baptism of John from heaven or from men?” Verse ConceptsGod Acts From HeavenMan's TeachingBaptism

So they asked him, "Why then do you baptize if you aren't the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?" "I baptize with water," John answered them. "Someone stands among you, but you don't know [Him].

All this happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing. Verse ConceptsBeyond JordanBaptism


I didn’t know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The One you see the Spirit descending and resting on—He is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritSending Of The Holy SpiritMissionaries, Call OfPromises Of The Holy SpiritAbiding With GodGod Going DownWater For BaptismNot Knowing About Christ

John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were coming and being baptized, Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismJohn The BaptistWater For BaptismBaptised By JohnBaptism

So He departed again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing earlier, and He remained there. Verse ConceptsJohn The Baptist


You know the events that took place throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John preached: Verse ConceptsTo The Jew First

Then I remembered the word of the Lord, how He said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’ Verse ConceptsBaptism Of The Holy SpiritJohn's BaptismBaptism, practice ofPromises Of The Holy SpiritWater For BaptismRemembering ChristBaptism

"Then with what [baptism] were you baptized?" he asked them. "With John's baptism," they replied. Paul said, "John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the One who would come after him, that is, in Jesus."

Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from men?”

They began to argue among themselves, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’ Verse ConceptsDiscussionsNot Believing PeopleGod Acts From HeavenWhy Do People Not Do This?Man's Teaching

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?” Verse ConceptsSinnersTeachablenessBaptised By JohnOne's Deeds

John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were coming and being baptized, Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismJohn The BaptistWater For BaptismBaptised By JohnBaptism

You know the events that took place throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John preached: Verse ConceptsTo The Jew First

and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins. Verse ConceptsBaptism, in the GospelsRivers And StreamsIn The JordanSin ConfessedConfession of sinBaptismconfessing


(And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God’s way of righteousness, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism. Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismPrejudiceTax CollectorsReceived OutcastsBaptised By JohnBaptismtaxes

“I baptize with water,” John answered them. “Someone stands among you, but you don’t know Him. Verse ConceptsIgnorance, Of ChristWater For BaptismNot Knowing About ChristChrist With People On Earth

Before He came to public attention, John had previously proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismSigns Of Repentance

“Then what baptism were you baptized with?” he asked them.

“With John’s baptism,” they replied. Verse ConceptsBaptised By JohnBaptism

Paul said, “John baptized with a baptism of repentance, telling the people that they should believe in the One who would come after him, that is, in Jesus.” Verse ConceptsFaith, Necessity OfJohn's BaptismBelieve In Christ!Signs Of RepentanceBaptism

as it is written in the book of the words of the prophet Isaiah: A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight! Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be made low; the crooked will become straight, the rough ways smooth, and everyone will see the salvation of God."

“Elijah is coming and will restore everything,” He replied. Verse ConceptsRestoring Things

As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Look, I am sending My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way. A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight!" John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. read more.
The whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were flocking to him, and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins. John wore a camel-hair garment with a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. He was preaching: "Someone more powerful than I will come after me. I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of His sandals. I have baptized you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

For he will be great in the sight of the Lord and will never drink wine or beer. He will be filled with the Holy Spirit while still in his mother's womb. He will turn many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God. And he will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers to their children, and the disobedient to the understanding of the righteous, to make ready for the Lord a prepared people.

And child, you will be called a prophet of the Most High, for you will go before the Lord to prepare His ways, to give His people knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins. Because of our God's merciful compassion, the Dawn from on high will visit us read more.
to shine on those who live in darkness and the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace.

He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.

(John testified concerning Him and exclaimed,
“This was the One of whom I said,
‘The One coming after me has surpassed me,
because He existed before me.’”)
Verse ConceptsHeraldJohn The BaptistWitnesses, To Jesus ChristWitnessing, Importance OfPreexistence Of ChristThe Existence Of ChristGreatness Of ChristChrist Going BeforeContemporary Witness To ChristSaid To Be The Christ

"Who are you, then?" they asked. "We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What can you tell us about yourself?" He said, "I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord -just as Isaiah the prophet said." Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. read more.
So they asked him, "Why then do you baptize if you aren't the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?" "I baptize with water," John answered them. "Someone stands among you, but you don't know [Him]. He is the One coming after me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to untie." All this happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

I didn't know Him, but I came baptizing with water so He might be revealed to Israel." And John testified, "I watched the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He rested on Him. I didn't know Him, but He who sent me to baptize with water told me, 'The One you see the Spirit descending and resting on-He is the One who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.' read more.
I have seen and testified that He is the Son of God!"

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There is Another who testifies about Me, and I know that the testimony He gives about Me is valid. You have sent [messengers] to John, and he has testified to the truth. I don't receive man's testimony, but I say these things so that you may be saved. read more.
John was a burning and shining lamp, and for a time you were willing to enjoy his light.

Before He came to public attention, John had previously proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. Then as John was completing his life work, he said, 'Who do you think I am? I am not the One. But look! Someone is coming after me, and I am not worthy to untie the sandals on His feet.'


In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the Wilderness of Judea and saying, "Repent, because the kingdom of heaven has come near!" For he is the one spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, who said: A voice of one crying out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way for the Lord; make His paths straight!"

during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, God's word came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. He went into all the vicinity of the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

There was a man named John who was sent from God. He came as a witness to testify about the light, so that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but he came to testify about the light.




during the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, God's word came to John the son of Zechariah in the wilderness. He went into all the vicinity of the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from men?”

They began to argue among themselves, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’ Verse ConceptsDiscussionsNot Believing PeopleGod Acts From HeavenWhy Do People Not Do This?Man's Teaching

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?” Verse ConceptsSinnersTeachablenessBaptised By JohnOne's Deeds

John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were coming and being baptized, Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismJohn The BaptistWater For BaptismBaptised By JohnBaptism

You know the events that took place throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John preached: Verse ConceptsTo The Jew First

and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins. Verse ConceptsBaptism, in the GospelsRivers And StreamsIn The JordanSin ConfessedConfession of sinBaptismconfessing


(And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God’s way of righteousness, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism. Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismPrejudiceTax CollectorsReceived OutcastsBaptised By JohnBaptismtaxes

“I baptize with water,” John answered them. “Someone stands among you, but you don’t know Him. Verse ConceptsIgnorance, Of ChristWater For BaptismNot Knowing About ChristChrist With People On Earth

Before He came to public attention, John had previously proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismSigns Of Repentance

“Then what baptism were you baptized with?” he asked them.

“With John’s baptism,” they replied. Verse ConceptsBaptised By JohnBaptism





Where did John’s baptism come from? From heaven or from men?”

They began to argue among themselves, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why didn’t you believe him?’ Verse ConceptsDiscussionsNot Believing PeopleGod Acts From HeavenWhy Do People Not Do This?Man's Teaching

Tax collectors also came to be baptized, and they asked him, “Teacher, what should we do?” Verse ConceptsSinnersTeachablenessBaptised By JohnOne's Deeds

John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were coming and being baptized, Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismJohn The BaptistWater For BaptismBaptised By JohnBaptism

You know the events that took place throughout Judea, beginning from Galilee after the baptism that John preached: Verse ConceptsTo The Jew First

and they were baptized by him in the Jordan River as they confessed their sins. Verse ConceptsBaptism, in the GospelsRivers And StreamsIn The JordanSin ConfessedConfession of sinBaptismconfessing


(And when all the people, including the tax collectors, heard this, they acknowledged God’s way of righteousness, because they had been baptized with John’s baptism. Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismPrejudiceTax CollectorsReceived OutcastsBaptised By JohnBaptismtaxes

“I baptize with water,” John answered them. “Someone stands among you, but you don’t know Him. Verse ConceptsIgnorance, Of ChristWater For BaptismNot Knowing About ChristChrist With People On Earth

Before He came to public attention, John had previously proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. Verse ConceptsJohn's BaptismSigns Of Repentance

“Then what baptism were you baptized with?” he asked them.

“With John’s baptism,” they replied. Verse ConceptsBaptised By JohnBaptism

Therefore produce fruit consistent with repentance. And don’t start saying to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children for Abraham from these stones! Verse ConceptsPeople Of God, In NtRepentance, Nature OfSecuritySelf DeceptionChildren Of AbrahamPotential Of FruitSigns Of RepentanceNervousness


Just as Moses lifted up the snake in the wilderness, so the Son of Man must be lifted up, so that everyone who believes in Him will have eternal life. "For God loved the world in this way: He gave His One and Only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life. read more.
For God did not send His Son into the world that He might condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. Anyone who believes in Him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned, because he has not believed in the name of the One and Only Son of God.





And everyone who will not listen to that Prophet will be completely cut off from the people. Verse ConceptsGod Is ImmanentGod Will Kill His People



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Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, even if he dies, will live. Everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die-ever. Do you believe this?"

Now great crowds were traveling with Him. So He turned and said to them: "If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters-yes, and even his own life-he cannot be My disciple. Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple. read more.
"For which of you, wanting to build a tower, doesn't first sit down and calculate the cost to see if he has enough to complete it? Otherwise, after he has laid the foundation and cannot finish it, all the onlookers will begin to make fun of him, saying, 'This man started to build and wasn't able to finish.' "Or what king, going to war against another king, will not first sit down and decide if he is able with 10,000 to oppose the one who comes against him with 20,000? If not, while the other is still far off, he sends a delegation and asks for terms of peace. In the same way, therefore, every one of you who does not say good-bye to all his possessions cannot be My disciple.


"What can we do to perform the works of God?" they asked. Jesus replied, "This is the work of God: that you believe in the One He has sent."

While you have the light, believe in the light so that you may become sons of light.” Jesus said this, then went away and hid from them. Verse ConceptsAdoption, descriptions ofSonsTrust, Importance OfThe Light Of ChristLight Of God's PeopleHiding From PeopleBelieve In Christ!Faith And TrustChrist As The Object Of Saving Faith

Just then someone came up and asked Him, "Teacher, what good must I do to have eternal life?" "Why do you ask Me about what is good?" He said to him. "There is only One who is good. If you want to enter into life, keep the commandments." "Which ones?" he asked Him. Jesus answered, Do not murder; do not commit adultery; do not steal; do not bear false witness; read more.
honor your father and your mother; and love your neighbor as yourself. "I have kept all these," the young man told Him. "What do I still lack?" "If you want to be perfect," Jesus said to him, "go, sell your belongings and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me."

When Jesus heard that they had thrown the man out, He found him and asked, “Do you believe in the Son of Man?” Verse ConceptsReceived OutcastsMinistry Of The Son Of ManFaith And HealingFaith In Godbelief


A ruler asked Him, "Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?" "Why do you call Me good?" Jesus asked him. "No one is good but One-God. You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery; do not murder; do not steal; do not bear false witness; honor your father and mother. " read more.
"I have kept all these from my youth," he said. When Jesus heard this, He told him, "You still lack one thing: sell all that you have and distribute it to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then come, follow Me." After he heard this, he became extremely sad, because he was very rich. Seeing that he became sad, Jesus said, "How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God! For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich person to enter the kingdom of God." Those who heard this asked, "Then who can be saved?"

Jesus replied, "I assure you: Unless someone is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." "But how can anyone be born when he is old?" Nicodemus asked Him. "Can he enter his mother's womb a second time and be born?" Jesus answered, "I assure you: Unless someone is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God. read more.
Whatever is born of the flesh is flesh, and whatever is born of the Spirit is spirit. Do not be amazed that I told you that you must be born again. The wind blows where it pleases, and you hear its sound, but you don't know where it comes from or where it is going. So it is with everyone born of the Spirit. "How can these things be?" asked Nicodemus. "Are you a teacher of Israel and don't know these things?" Jesus replied. "I assure you: We speak what We know and We testify to what We have seen, but you do not accept Our testimony. If I have told you about things that happen on earth and you don't believe, how will you believe if I tell you about things of heaven?