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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BSBPD

“Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Then there arose a question between some of John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“there arose then a question from the disciples of John with <FI>some<Fi> Jews about purifying,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo John 3:25 — 9 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. 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.
  2. Mark 7:2and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed.
  3. Mark 7:8You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.”
  4. 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.
  5. Hebrews 6:2instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.
  6. Hebrews 9:10They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.
  7. 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,
  8. 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.
  9. 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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