John 1:20 John spoke freely and did not refuse to answer. He said, “I am not the Christ.” John 1:23 John told them in the words of the prophet Isaiah: “I am the voice of one calling out in the desert: ‘Make the road(the basic income) straight for the Lord.’”
John was not the Light, but he came to tell people the truth about the Light.
John tells the truth about him and cries out, saying, “This is the One I told you about: ‘The One who comes after me is greater than I am, because he was living before me.’”
[ John Tells People About Jesus ] Here is the truth Johntold when the leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, “Who are you?”
John spoke freely and did not refuse to answer. He said, “I am not the Christ.”
John told them in the words of the prophet Isaiah: “I am the voice of one calling out in the desert: ‘Make the road straight for the Lord.’” Isaiah 40:3
John answered, “I baptize with water, but there is one here with you that you don’t know about.
This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan River, where John was baptizing people.
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. Johnsaid, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
Then John said, “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven in the form of a dove and rest on him. Until then I did not know who the Christ was. But the God who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘You will see the Spirit come down and rest on a man; he is the One who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’
[ The First Followers of Jesus ] The next day John was there again with two of his followers.
The two followers heard John say this, so they followed Jesus.
One of the two men who followed Jesus after they heard John speak about him was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
Then Andrew took Simon to Jesus. Jesus looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas.” (“Cephas” means “Peter.”)
[ Jesus and John the Baptist ] After this, Jesus and his followers went into the area of Judea, where he stayed with his followers and baptized people.
John was also baptizing in Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there. People were going there to be baptized.
Some of John’s followers had an argument with a Jew about religious washing.
So they came to John and said, “Teacher, remember the man who was with you on the other side of the Jordan River, the one you spoke about so much? He is baptizing, and everyone is going to him.”
John answered, “A man can get only what God gives him.
[ Jesus and a Samaritan Woman ] The Pharisees heard that Jesus was making and baptizing more followers than John,
“You have sent people to John, and he has told you the truth.
John was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were happy to enjoy his light for a while.
“But I have a proof about myself that is greater than that of John. The things I do, which are the things my Father gave me to do, prove that the Father sent me.
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