John 3:25

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Now a discussion about purification arose between John’s disciples and a Jew.

Cross References

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Mark 7:8

“You abandon the commandment of God and hold to human tradition.”

John 2:6

Now standing there were six stone water jars for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.

Hebrews 6:2

instruction about baptisms and laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.

Hebrews 9:10

but deal only with food and drink and various baptisms, regulations for the body imposed until the time comes to set things right.

Hebrews 9:23

Thus it was necessary for the sketches of the heavenly things to be purified with these rites, but the heavenly things themselves need better sacrifices than these.

1 Peter 3:21

And baptism, which this prefigured, now saves you—not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,