John 1:31

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

I did not know who he was. But I came baptizing people with water so that Israel could know that he is the Messiah.”

Cross References

Malachi 3:1

The Lord All-Powerful says, “I am sending my messenger to prepare the way for me. Then suddenly, the Lord you are looking for will come to his temple. Yes, the messenger you are waiting for, the one who will tell about my agreement, is really coming!

Luke 1:17

John himself will go ahead of the Lord and make people ready for his coming. He will be powerful like Elijah and will have the same spirit. He will make peace between fathers and their children. He will cause people who are not obeying God to change and start thinking the way they should.”

John 1:7

He came to tell people about the light. Through him all people could hear about the light and believe.

Matthew 3:6

They confessed the bad things they had done, and John baptized them in the Jordan.

Acts 19:4

Paul said, “John told people to be baptized to show they wanted to change their lives. He told people to believe in the one who would come after him, and that one is Jesus.”

Matthew 3:13

Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan River. He came to John, wanting John to baptize him.

John 1:30

This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘There is a man coming after me who is greater than I am, because he was living even before I was born.’

John 1:32

Then John said this for everyone to hear: “I also did not know who the Messiah was. But the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘You will see the Spirit come down and rest on a man. He is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’ I have seen this happen. I saw the Spirit come down from heaven like a dove and rest on this man. So this is what I tell people: ‘He is the Son of God.’”