Matthew 3:1 Cross References - Murdock

¹ And in those days came John the Baptizer. And he proclaimed in the desert of Judaea,

⁸ Bring forth the fruits therefore, that accord with repentance.

⁷ And when they were gone, Jesus began to say to the multitudes, concerning John: What went ye into the wilderness to see? A reed that waved in the wind?

¹¹ Verily I say to you, Among those born of women, there hath not arisen a greater than John the Baptizer: yet the small one in the kingdom of heaven, is greater than he.

² and he said to his servants: This is John the Baptizer: he is risen from the grave: therefore works of power are wrought by him. ³ Now this Herod had seized John, and bound him and cast him into prison; on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother Philip. ⁴ For John had said to him: It is no lawful for her to be thy wife. ⁵ And he had wished to kill him; but he was afraid of the people, seeing that they regarded him as a prophet. ⁶ But when Herod's birthday festival occurred, the daughter of Herodias danced before the guests; and she pleased Herod. ⁷ Therefore he swore to her by an oath, that he would give her whatsoever she might ask. ⁸ And she, as she had been instructed by her mother, said: Give me here in a dish the head of John the Baptizer. ⁹ And it troubled the king: nevertheless, on account of the oath, and the guests, he commanded that it should be given her. ¹⁰ And he sent and cut off the head of John in the prison. ¹¹ And the head was brought in a dish and given to the girl; and she brought it to her mother. ¹² And his disciples came and bore away the corpse, and buried it; and they went and informed Jesus. ¹³ And Jesus, when he had heard it, retired alone, in a ship, to a desert place. And when the multitudes heard of it, they followed him by dry land from the cities. ¹⁴ And when Jesus disembarked, he saw great multitudes; and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick.

¹⁴ And they said: Some say that thou art John the Baptizer; but others, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets.

¹² And I say to you. That, behold, Elijah hath come, and they did not know him; and they have done to him whatever they pleased: and, in like manner, also the Son of man is to suffer from them. ¹³ Then the disciples understood, that he spake to them of John the Baptizer.

²⁵ The baptism of John, from whence was it? From heaven, or from men? And they reasoned among themselves, and said: If we should say, From heaven; he will say to us, Why did ye not believe in him? ²⁶ And if we should say, From men; we are afraid of the multitude, for they all hold John as a prophet. ²⁷ And they answered, and said to him: We do not know. Jesus said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

³² For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and harlots believed him: and ye, after ye had seen it, did not even then repent and believe in him.

³ The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make smooth his paths. ⁴ John baptized in the wilderness, and proclaimed the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins. ⁵ And there went out to him all the region of Judaea, and all the people of Jerusalem; and he baptized them in the river Jordan, while they confessed their sins. ⁶ And this John was clad in raiment of camels' hair; and was girded with a cincture of skin about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁷ And he proclaimed, and said: Behold, after me cometh one more powerful than I, of whom I am not worthy to stoop and untie the fastenings of his shoes. ⁸ I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.

¹⁵ and said: The time is completed, and the kingdom of God is near. Repent ye, and believe the tidings.

¹⁶ But when Herod heard of him, he said: He is that John whose head I struck off: he is risen from the dead. ¹⁷ For Herod had sent and seized John and bound him in prison, on account of Herodias, his brother Philips wife, whom he had taken. ¹⁸ For John had said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee to take thy brother's wife. ¹⁹ And Herodias herself was an enemy to him, and wished to kill him, but was not able. ²⁰ For Herod was afraid of John, because he knew him to be a just and holy man: and he observed him, and gave ear to him in many things and did the things, and he heard him with satisfaction. ²¹ And there was a noted day, when Herod made a supper, in the house of his nativity, for his nobles and the chiliarchs and the chiefs of Galilee. ²² And the daughter of Herodias came in, and danced; and she pleased Herod and those reclining with him. And the king said to the maid: Ask of me what thou pleasest, and I will give it thee. ²³ And he swore to her: Whatever thou shalt ask, I will give thee, even to the half of my kingdom. ²⁴ And she went out, and said to her mother: What shall I ask of him? She said to her: The head of John the Baptizer. ²⁵ And she soon entered with eagerness to the king, and said: I desire that thou, this hour, give me in a dish the head of John the Baptizer. ²⁶ And it pained the king greatly; yet, on account of the oath, and on account of the guests, he would not deny her: ²⁷ and the king sent immediately an executioner, and commanded him to bring the head of John. And he went, and struck off the head of John in the prison; ²⁸ and brought it on a dish, and gave it to the maid; and the maid gave it to her mother. ²⁹ And his disciples heard of it; and they came and took up the corpse, and laid it in a Sepulchre.

¹³ And the angel said to him: Fear not, Zachariah; for thy prayer is heard, and thy wife Elisabeth will bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John. ¹⁴ And thou wilt have joy and gladness: and many will rejoice at his birth. ¹⁵ For he will be great before the Lord; and he will not drink wine nor strong drink, and will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother's womb. ¹⁶ And many of the children of Israel will he convert to the Lord their God. ¹⁷ And he will go before him, in the spirit and power of Elijah the prophet, and will turn the heart of the fathers unto the children, and them that are disobedient to the knowledge of the righteous, and will prepare a perfect people for the Lord.

⁷⁶ And thou, child, wilt be called a prophet of the Most High; for thou wilt go before the face of the Lord, to prepare his way,

¹ And in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, in the presidency of Pontius Pilate in Judaea, while Herod was Tetrarch in Galilee, and Philip his brother Tetrarch in Ituraea and in the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias Tetrarch of Abilene, ² in the high priesthood of Annas and of Caiaphas; the word of God was upon John the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness. ³ And he came into all the region about the Jordan, proclaiming the baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. ⁴ As it is written in the book of the discourses of Isaiah the prophet, who said: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord; and make straight paths in the plain for our God. ⁵ All valleys shall be filled up, and all mountains and hills be lowered; and the hillock shall be levelled down, and the rough place become smooth. ⁶ And all flesh shall see the life which is of God. ⁷ And he said to the multitudes, who came to him to be baptized: Ye progeny of vipers, who hath instructed you to flee from the future wrath? ⁸ Bring forth, therefore, fruits comporting, with repentance. And begin not to say in yourselves: We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you, that God can, from these stones, raise up sons to Abraham. ⁹ And lo, the ax is put to the root of trees. Every tree therefore that beareth not good fruits, is hewed down, and falleth into the fire. ¹⁰ And the multitudes asked him, and said: What, then, shall we do? ¹¹ He answered and said to them: Whoever hath two tunics, let him give one to him that hath none; and whoever hath food, let him do the same. ¹² And publicans also came to be baptized. And they said to him: Teacher, what shall we do? ¹³ And he said to them: Exact no more than ye are required to exact. ¹⁴ And those serving in war inquired of him, and said: And what shall we do? He said to them: Be insolent to no one, and oppress no one, and let your pay satisfy you. ¹⁵ And while the people were thinking of John, and all pondered in their heart, whether he were the Messiah; ¹⁶ John answered and said to them: Behold, I baptize you with water; but after me cometh one mightier than I, the strings of whose shoes I am not worthy to untie; he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. ¹⁷ He holdeth his winnowing shovel in his hand, and he will make clean his threshing floor; and the wheat he gathereth into his garners, and the chaff he will burn with fire not extinguished. ¹⁸ And many other things also, he taught and proclaimed to the people. ¹⁹ But Herod the Tetrarch, because he was reproved by John, on account of Herodias the wife of his brother Philip, and on account of all the evil things he had done, ²⁰ added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.

²⁴ And when John's disciples were gone, Jesus began to say to the multitude, concerning John: What went ye into the wilderness to see? a reed agitated by the wind?

⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. ⁷ He came for testimony, to bear witness concerning the light. ⁸ He was not himself the light, but came to bear witness concerning the light.

¹⁵ John testified of him, and cried, and said: This is he, of whom I said, That he cometh after me, and is before me; for he was prior to me. ¹⁶ And of his plenitude have we all received, and grace for grace. ¹⁷ For the law was given by the hand of Moses; but the reality and grace was by the hand of Jesus Messiah. ¹⁸ No man hath ever seen God; the only begotten God, he who is in the bosom of his Father, he hath declared him. ¹⁹ And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews of Jerusalem sent to him priests and Levites, to ask him, Who art thou? ²⁰ And he confessed, and denied not, but confessed I am not the Messiah. ²¹ And they asked him again: Who then? Art thou Elijah? And he said: I am not. Art thou a prophet? And he said, No. ²² And they said to him: Who art thou? that we may give answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? ²³ He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make smooth the way of the Lord; as said the prophet Isaiah. ²⁴ And they who were sent, were of the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, and said to him: Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor a prophet? ²⁶ John answered, and said to them; I baptize with water; but among you standeth one, whom ye do not know. ²⁷ He it is that cometh after me, and was before me, whose shoe-strings I am not worthy to untie. ²⁸ These things occurred in Bethany, where John was baptizing. ²⁹ The day after, John saw Jesus coming towards him, and said: Behold, the Lamb of God, that beareth the sin of the world. ³⁰ This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man, who is before me, for he was prior to me. ³¹ And I knew him not; but that he might be known to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. ³² And John testified, and said: I saw the Spirit descend from heaven, as a dove, and rest upon him. ³³ And I did not know him; but he who sent me to baptize with water, he said to me- On whom thou seest the Spirit descend, and rest upon him, he baptizeth with the Holy Spirit. ³⁴ And I saw; and I testify, that this is the Son of God. ³⁵ And the next day, John was standing, and two of his disciples. ³⁶ And he looked upon Jesus as he walked, and said: Behold, the Lamb of God!

²⁷ John answered, and said to them: A man cannot take any thing by his own choice, unless it be given him from heaven. ²⁸ Ye are witnesses for me, that I said: I am not the Messiah, but am sent to go before him. ²⁹ He that hath the bride, is the bridegroom: and the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and listeneth to him, rejoiceth with great joy on account of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy, therefore, lo, it is full. ³⁰ To him must be increase, and to me decrease. ³¹ For he that cometh from above, is above all; and he that is from the earth, is of the earth, and talketh of the earth. He that cometh from heaven, is above all; ³² and what he hath seen and heard, he testifieth; and his testimony, no one receiveth. ³³ But he that receiveth his testimony, hath set his seal, that God is true. ³⁴ For he whom God hath sent, speaketh the words of God; for God hath not given the Spirit by measure to him. ³⁵ The Father loveth the Son, and hath given every thing into his hands. ³⁶ He that believeth on the Son, hath life eternal; but he who obeyeth not the Son, shall not see life. but the wrath of God will abide upon him.

²² commencing from the baptism of John, unto the day he was taken up from us, should be, with us, a witness of his resurrection.

²⁴ And, before his advent, he sent John to proclaim the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. ²⁵ And while John was fulfilling his ministry, he said: Who, suppose ye, that I am? I am not he. But lo, he cometh after me; of whom I am not worthy to untie his shoe-strings.

³ He said to them: Into what then were ye baptized? They say: Into the baptism of John. ⁴ Paul said to them: John baptized the people with the baptism of repentance, while he told them to believe in him who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus the Messiah.