John 3:25

The English Standar Version

Now a discussion arose between some of John's disciples and a Jew over purification.

Cross References

Matthew 3:11

"I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

Mark 7:8

You leave the commandment of God and hold to the tradition of men."

John 2:6

Now there were six stone water jars there for the Jewish rites of purification, each holding twenty or thirty gallons.[1]

Hebrews 6:2

and of instruction about washings,[1] the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

Hebrews 9:10

but deal only with food and drink and various washings, regulations for the body imposed until the time of reformation.

Hebrews 9:23

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

1 Peter 3:21

Baptism, which corresponds to this, 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,