John 1:31

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John 1:29–33 · Berean Standard Bible

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

30 This is He of whom I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’

31 I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”

32 Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.

33 I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

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John 1:33

I myself did not know Him, but the One who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘The man on whom you see the Spirit descend and rest is He who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’

Luke 1:80

And the child grew and became strong in spirit; and he lived in the wilderness until the time of his public appearance to Israel.

Luke 2:39

When Jesus’ parents had done everything required by the Law of the Lord, they returned to Galilee, to their own town of Nazareth.

Luke 2:40

And the Child grew and became strong. He was filled with wisdom, and the grace of God was upon Him.

Luke 2:41

Every year His parents went to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Passover.

Luke 2:42

And when He was twelve years old, they went up according to the custom of the Feast.

John 1:7

He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.

Isaiah 40:3

A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.

Isaiah 40:4

Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill made low; the uneven ground will become smooth, and the rugged land a plain.

Isaiah 40:5

And the glory of the LORD will be revealed, and all humanity together will see it. For the mouth of the LORD has spoken.”

Malachi 3:1

“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to His temple—the Messenger of the covenant, in whom you delight—see, He is coming,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 4:2

“But for you who fear My name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its wings, and you will go out and leap like calves from the stall.

Malachi 4:3

Then you will trample the wicked, for they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day I am preparing,” says the LORD of Hosts.

Malachi 4:4

“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.

Malachi 4:5

Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of the LORD.

Luke 1:17

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

Luke 1:76

And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,

Luke 1:77

to give to His people the knowledge of salvation through the forgiveness of their sins,

Luke 1:78

because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the Dawn will visit us from on high,

Luke 1:79

to shine on those who live in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.”

Matthew 3:6

Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

Mark 1:3

“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”

Mark 1:4

John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Mark 1:5

People went out to him from all of Jerusalem and the countryside of Judea. Confessing their sins, they were baptized by him in the Jordan River.

Luke 3:3

He went into all the region around the Jordan, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins,

Luke 3:4

as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.

Acts 19:4

Paul explained: “John’s baptism was a baptism of repentance. He told the people to believe in the One coming after him, that is, in Jesus.”