John 1:6

Contemporary English Version 1995

God sent a man named John,

Cross References

Malachi 3:1

I, the Lord All-Powerful, will send my messenger to prepare the way for me. Then suddenly the Lord you are looking for will appear in his temple. The messenger you desire is coming with my promise, and he is on his way.

John 3:28

You surely remember how I told you that I am not the Messiah. I am only the one sent ahead of him.

John 1:33

Before this I didn't know who he was. But the one who sent me to baptize with water had told me, “You will see the Spirit come down and stay on someone. Then you will know that he is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.”

Acts 13:24

But before Jesus came, John was telling everyone in Israel to turn back to God and be baptized.

Luke 1:76

You, my son, will be called the prophet of God Most High. You will go ahead of the Lord to get everything ready for him.

Matthew 11:10

In the Scriptures God says about him, “I am sending my messenger ahead to get things ready for you.”

Luke 1:13

But the angel told him: Don't be afraid, Zechariah! God has heard your prayers. Your wife Elizabeth will have a son, and you must name him John.

Matthew 21:25

Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?” They thought it over and said to each other, “We can't say God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John.