John 1:15

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

John told people about him. He said loudly, “This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘The one who is coming after me is greater than I am, because he was living before I was even born.’”

Cross References

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water to show that you have changed your hearts and lives. But there is someone coming later who is able to do more than I can. I am not good enough to be the slave who takes off his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Colossians 1:17

The Son was there before anything was made. And all things continue because of him.

John 17:5

And now, Father, give me glory with you. Give me the glory I had with you before the world was made.

Luke 3:16

John’s answer to this was, “I baptize you in water, but there is someone coming later who is able to do more than I can. I am not good enough to be the slave who unties his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Micah 5:2

But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, are the smallest town in Judah. Your family is almost too small to count, but the “Ruler of Israel” will come from you to rule for me. His beginnings are from ancient times, from long, long ago.

John 8:58

Jesus answered, “The fact is, before Abraham was born, I AM.”

Revelation 2:8

“Write this to the angel of the church in Smyrna: “Here is a message from the one who is the First and the Last, the one who died and came to life again.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

John 1:27

He is the one who is coming later. I am not good enough to be the slave who unties the strings on his sandals.”

Mark 1:7

This is what John told the people: “There is someone coming later who is able to do more than I can. I am not good enough to be the slave who stoops down to untie his sandals.

Revelation 1:11

It said, “Write down in a book what you see, and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia, and Laodicea.”

Isaiah 9:6

This will happen when the special child is born. God will give us a son who will be responsible for leading the people. His name will be “Wonderful Counselor, Powerful God, Father Who Lives Forever, Prince of Peace.”

Proverbs 8:22

“The Lord made me in the beginning, long before he did anything else.