John 3:25
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.”
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“Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.”
King James Version · Public Domain“There arose therefore a questioning on the part of John’s disciples with a Jew about purifying.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“there arose then a question from the disciples of John with <FI>some<Fi> Jews about purifying,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo John 3:25 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Matthew 3:11I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
- Mark 7:2and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
- Mark 7:8You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.”
- John 2:6Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.
- Hebrews 6:2instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
- Hebrews 9:10They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
- Hebrews 9:13For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,
- Hebrews 9:23So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
- 1 Peter 3:21And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
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