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John’s Witness: The True Light
There was a man sent from God, whose name was John.
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John bore witness of Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.’ ”
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A Voice in the Wilderness
Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”
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John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know.
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These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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The Lamb of God
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
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And John bore witness, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and He remained upon Him.
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The First Disciples
Again, the next day, John stood with two of his disciples.
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One of the two who heard John speak, and followed Him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother.
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John the Baptist Exalts Christ
After these things Jesus and His disciples came into the land of Judea, and there He remained with them and baptized.
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Now John also was baptizing in Aenon near Salim, because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized.
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For John had not yet been thrown into prison.
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Then there arose a dispute between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purification.
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And they came to John and said to him, “Rabbi, He who was with you beyond the Jordan, to whom you have testified—behold, He is baptizing, and all are coming to Him!”
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John answered and said, “A man can receive nothing unless it has been given to him from heaven.
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A Samaritan Woman Meets Her Messiah
Therefore, when the Lord knew that the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John
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You have sent to John, and he has borne witness to the truth.
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But I have a greater witness than John’s; for the works which the Father has given Me to finish—the very works that I do—bear witness of Me, that the Father has sent Me.
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The Believers Beyond Jordan
And He went away again beyond the Jordan to the place where John was baptizing at first, and there He stayed.
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Then many came to Him and said, “John performed no sign, but all the things that John spoke about this Man were true.”
