John 1:19

New International Reader's Version

The Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask John who he was. John spoke the truth to them.

Cross References

John 1:7

He came to be a witness about that light. He was a witness so that all people might believe.

John 10:24

The Jews who were gathered there around Jesus spoke to him. They said, “How long will you keep us waiting? If you are the Messiah, tell us plainly.”

John 10:31

Again the Jews who had challenged him picked up stones to kill him.

John 11:19

Many Jews had come to Martha and Mary. They had come to comfort them because their brother was dead.

John 2:18

Then the Jewish leaders asked him, “What sign can you show us to prove your authority to do this?”

John 2:20

They replied, “It has taken 46 years to build this temple. Are you going to raise it up in three days?”

John 5:10

So the Jewish leaders said to the man who had been healed, “It is the Sabbath day. The law does not allow you to carry your mat.”

John 5:15

The man went away. He told the Jewish leaders it was Jesus who had made him well.

John 5:16

Jesus was doing these things on the Sabbath day. So the Jewish leaders began to oppose him.

John 5:18

For this reason the Jewish leaders tried even harder to kill him. According to them, Jesus was not only breaking the law of the Sabbath day. He was even calling God his own Father. He was making himself equal with God.

John 6:41

Then the Jews there began to complain about Jesus. That was because he said, “I am the bread that came down from heaven.”

John 6:52

Then the Jews began to argue sharply among themselves. They said, “How can this man give us his body to eat?”

John 7:1

After this, Jesus went around in Galilee. He didn’t want to travel around in Judea. That was because the Jewish leaders there were looking for a way to kill him.

John 7:11

At the feast the Jewish leaders were watching for Jesus. They were asking, “Where is he?”

John 7:15

The Jews there were amazed. They asked, “How did this man learn so much without being taught?”

John 8:22

This made the Jews ask, “Will he kill himself? Is that why he says, ‘You can’t come where I am going’?”

John 8:48

The Jews answered Jesus, “Aren’t we right when we say you are a Samaritan? Aren’t you controlled by a demon?”

John 8:52

Then they cried out, “Now we know you are controlled by a demon! Abraham died. So did the prophets. But you say that whoever obeys your word will never die.

John 8:57

“You are not even 50 years old,” they said to Jesus. “And you have seen Abraham?”

Acts 13:25

John was coming to the end of his work. ‘Who do you suppose I am?’ he said. ‘I am not the one you are looking for. But there is someone coming after me. I am not good enough to untie his sandals.’

Acts 19:4

Paul said, “John baptized people, calling them to turn away from their sins. He told them to believe in the one who was coming after him. Jesus is that one.”

Deuteronomy 24:8

What about skin diseases? Be very careful to do exactly what the priests, who are Levites, tell you to do. You must be careful to obey the commands I’ve given them.

1 John 1:5

Here is the message we have heard from him and announce to you. God is light. There is no darkness in him at all.