John 1:19

Contemporary English Version 1995

The religious authorities in Jerusalem sent priests and temple helpers to ask John who he was. He told them plainly, “I am not the Messiah.”

Cross References

John 10:24

and the people gathered all around him. They said, “How long are you going to keep us guessing? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly!”

Acts 19:4

Paul replied, “John baptized people so they would turn to God. But he also told them someone else was coming, and they should put their faith in him. Jesus is the one that John was talking about.”

Acts 13:25

Then, when John's work was almost done, he said, “Who do you people think I am? Do you think I am the Promised One? He will come later, and I am not good enough to untie his sandals.”

John 2:18

The Jewish leaders asked Jesus, “What miracle will you work to show us why you have done this?”

John 5:10

When the Jewish leaders saw the man carrying his mat, they said to him, “This is the Sabbath! No one is allowed to carry a mat on the Sabbath.”

John 6:52

They started arguing with each other and asked, “How can he give us his flesh to eat?”

John 6:41

The people started grumbling because Jesus had said he was the bread that had come down from heaven.

Deuteronomy 24:8

I have told the priests what to do if any of you have leprosy, so do exactly what they say.

John 1:7

who came to tell about the light and to lead all people to have faith.

John 2:20

The leaders replied, “It took 46 years to build this temple. What makes you think you can rebuild it in three days?”

John 5:15

The man left and told the leaders that Jesus was the one who had healed him.

John 5:16

They started making a lot of trouble for Jesus because he did things like this on the Sabbath.

John 5:18

Now the leaders wanted to kill Jesus for two reasons. First, he had broken the law of the Sabbath. But even worse, he had said God was his Father, which made him equal with God.

John 7:1

Jesus decided to leave Judea and to start going through Galilee because the leaders of the people wanted to kill him.

John 7:11

During the festival the leaders of the people looked for Jesus and asked, “Where is he?”

John 7:15

The leaders were surprised and said, “How does this man know so much? He has never been taught!”

John 8:22

The people asked, “Does he intend to kill himself? Is that what he means by saying we cannot go where he is going?”

John 8:48

The people told Jesus, “We were right to say that you are a Samaritan and that you have a demon in you!”

John 8:52

Then the people said, “Now we are sure that you have a demon. Abraham is dead, and so are the prophets. How can you say that no one who obeys your words will ever die?

John 8:57

“You are not even 50 years old!” they said. “How could you have seen Abraham?”

John 10:31

Once again the people picked up stones in order to kill Jesus.

John 11:19

and many people had come from the city to comfort Martha and Mary because their brother had died.

1 John 1:5

Jesus told us God is light and doesn't have any darkness in him. Now we are telling you.