John 3:25

First Nations Version

Some of the followers of Gift of Goodwill (John) began to argue with a local Tribal Member about the purification ceremony.

Cross References

John 2:6

There were six traditional stone water pots, used for purification ceremonies, that could hold large amounts of water.

Hebrews 6:2

You have been given instructions about different kinds of ceremonies for purification and for laying on of hands. You have also been taught about the rising of the dead and the final judgment.

Matthew 3:11

“I perform the purification ceremony with water, for the ones who have returned to the right way of thinking. But there is one you do not know, who is right here with you, and even though he comes after me, he is much greater. I am not even worthy to bend down and untie his moccasins. He is the one who will perform the purification ceremony with the fire of the Holy Spirit!

1 Peter 3:21

The story of what happened then is a way to understand our purification ceremony with water, a ceremony that is performed to set us free and make us whole. This ceremony does not just wash the dirt from our bodies. It shows that from deep inside we are crying out for Creator to set us free by what he did when he raised Creator Sets Free (Jesus) the Chosen One from the dead.

Hebrews 9:23

If the earthly copies of what is in the spirit-world above needed purification in this way, then better offerings are needed to purify the things in the spirit-world above.

Hebrews 9:10

These things are only concerned with food and drink and different kinds of ceremonial washings—rules about outward things. They were needed until it was time for a new way to be revealed.

Mark 7:8

Then he said to them, “You ignore the instructions given by the Great Spirit and use your traditions to make yourselves look good to others.