John 3:25 - Easy To Read Version

²⁵ Some of John’s followers had an argument with another Jew. They were arguing about religious washing. {\cf2\super [52]}

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁵ Then there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews about purifying.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁵ Therefore there arose a controversy between some of John's disciples and a Jew in regard to purification.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁵ There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about purifying.

Common English Bible

²⁵ A debate started between John’s disciples and a certain Jew about cleansing rituals.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁵ Then a dispute occurred between the disciples of John and the Jews, about purification.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁵ And there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews concerning purification:

John 3:25 Tagairtí Cros

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize {\cf2\super [41]} you with water to show that you changed your hearts and lives. But there is a person coming later that is greater than I am. I am not good enough to take off his shoes for him. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [42]} and with fire.

Mark 7:8

You have stopped following the commands of God. Now you follow the rules you got from other people.”

John 2:6

In that place there were six large waterpots made of stone. The Jews used waterpots like these in their washing ceremonies. {\cf2\super [34]} Each waterpot held about 20 or 30 gallons.

Hebrews 6:2

At that time we were taught about baptisms, {\cf2\super [44]} and about the special act of a person putting his hands on people. {\cf2\super [45]} We were taught about people rising from death and about the judgment that will continue forever. But now we need to go forward to more mature (advanced) teaching. {\cf2\super [46]}

Hebrews 9:10

Those gifts and sacrifices were only about food and drink and special washings. Those things were only rules about the body—\{not about things inside people’s hearts\}. God gave those rules \{for his people to follow\} until the time of God’s new way.

Hebrews 9:23

These things are copies of the real things that are in heaven. These copies had to be made clean by animal sacrifices. {\cf2\super [115]} But the real things in heaven must have much better sacrifices.

1 Peter 3:21

That water is like baptism {\cf2\super [26]} that now saves you. Baptism is not the washing of dirt from the body. Baptism is asking God for a pure heart. It saves you because Jesus Christ was raised from death.