John 1:22
So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?
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John 1:22
So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?
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John 1:19
And this is the witness of John when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to him with the question, Who are you?
John 1:20
He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.
John 1:21
And they said to him, What then? Are you Elijah? And he said, I am not. Are you the prophet? And his answer was, I am not.
John 1:22
So they said to him, Who are you then? We have to give some answer to those who sent us. What have you to say about yourself?
John 1:23
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
John 1:24
Those who had been sent came from the Pharisees.
John 1:25
And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?
John 1:26
John's answer was: I give baptism with water; but there is one among you of whom you have no knowledge;
John 1:27
It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.
John 1:12
To all those who did so take him, however, he gave the right of becoming children of God--that is, to those who had faith in his name:
Luke 3:15
And while the people were waiting, and all men were questioning in their hearts about John, if he was the Christ or not,
Mark 1:7
And he said to them all, There is one coming after me who is greater than I, whose shoes I am not good enough to undo.
John 1:29
The day after, John sees Jesus coming to him and says, See, here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:34
This I saw myself and my witness is that he is the Son of God.
John 3:28
You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.
John 3:29
He who has the bride is the husband: but the husband's friend, whose place is by his side and whose ears are open to him, is full of joy because of the husband's voice: such is my joy, and it is complete.
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Malachi 4:5
See, I am sending you Elijah the prophet before the day of the Lord comes, that great day, greatly to be feared.
Matthew 11:14
And if you are able to see it, this is Elijah who was to come.
Matthew 17:11
And in answer he said, Elijah truly has to come and put all things right:
Matthew 17:12
But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they had no knowledge of him, but did to him whatever they were pleased to do; the same will the Son of man undergo at their hands.
Mark 9:11
And they put a question to him, saying, Why do the scribes say that Elijah has to come first?
Mark 9:12
And he said to them, Truly, Elijah does come first, and puts all things in order; and how is it said in the Writings that the Son of man will go through much sorrow and be made as nothing?
Mark 9:13
But I say to you that Elijah has come, and they have done to him whatever they were pleased to do, even as the Writings say about him.
Luke 1:17
And he will go before his face in the spirit and power of Elijah, turning the hearts of fathers to their children, and wrongdoers to the way of righteousness; to make ready a people whose hearts have been turned to the Lord.
Revelation 20:4
And I saw high seats, and they were seated on them, and the right of judging was given to them: and I saw the souls of those who were put to death for the witness of Jesus, and for the word of God, and those who did not give worship to the beast, or to his image, and had not his mark on their brows or on their hands; and they were living and ruling with Christ a thousand years.
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John 1:28
These things took place at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was giving baptism.
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