Mark 11:31

Contemporary English Version 1995

They thought it over and said to each other, “We can't say that God gave John this right. Jesus will ask us why we didn't believe John.

Cross References

John 1:36

When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Here is the Lamb of God!”

John 1:34

I saw this happen, and I tell you that he is the Son of God.

John 1:29

The next day, John saw Jesus coming toward him and said: Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

John 1:15

John spoke about him and shouted, “This is the one I told you would come! He is greater than I am, because he was alive before I was born.”

Matthew 16:7

The disciples talked this over and said to each other, “He must be saying this because we didn't bring along any bread.”

Mark 11:30

Who gave John the right to baptize? Was it God in heaven or merely some human being?”

Mark 11:32

On the other hand, these people think that John was a prophet. So we can't say it was merely some human who gave John the right to baptize.” They were afraid of the crowd