Mark 11:31

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

These Jewish leaders talked about Jesus’ question. They said to each other, “If we answer, ‘John’s baptism was from God,’ then he will say, ‘Then why didn’t you believe John?’

Cross References

John 1:36

He saw Jesus walking by and said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”

John 1:29

The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God. He takes away the sins of the world!

John 1:15

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.’”

Matthew 16:7

The followers discussed the meaning of this. They said, “Did Jesus say this because we forgot to bring bread?”

Mark 11:30

Tell me: When John baptized people, did his authority come from God or was it only from other people? Answer me.”

Mark 11:32

But we can’t say that John’s baptism was from someone else.” (These leaders were afraid of the people, because the people believed that John was a prophet.)