John 3:25 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

²⁵ Now a discussion arose between John's disciples and a Jew over purifying.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ Therefore there arose a controversy between some of John's disciples and a Jew in regard to purification.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about purifying.

Common English Bible

²⁵ A debate started between John’s disciples and a certain Jew about cleansing rituals.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ Then a dispute occurred between the disciples of John and the Jews, about purification.

John 3:25 Cross References

John 2:6

Now six stone jars were standing there, for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.

Hebrews 6:2

with instruction about ablutions, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

1 Peter 3:21

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a clear conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Hebrews 9:23

Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

Hebrews 9:10

but deal only with food and drink and various ablutions, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.

Mark 7:8

You leave the commandment of God, and hold fast the tradition of men.”