Mark 11:30 Cross References - Worrell

³⁰ The immersion of John, was it from Heaven, or from men? Answer Me."

¹ Now in those days comes John, the Immerser, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, ² saying, "Repent ye for the Kingdom of Heaven has drawn near; ³ for this is he that was spoken of by Isaiah, the prophet, saying, 'A voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.'" ⁴ And John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then were going forth to him Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the country round about the Jordan, ⁶ and they were being immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁷ But, seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, "Broods of vipers! who warned you to flee from the coming wrath! ⁸ Produce, therefore, fruit worthy of repentance; ⁹ and think not to say within yourselves, 'As a father we have Abraham;' for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ¹⁰ And already the axe is lying at the root of the trees; every tree, therefore, not bearing good fruit, is cut down, and cast into the fire. ¹¹ "I, indeed, immerse you in water unto repentance, but He Who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear, He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire; ¹² Whose fan is in His hand, and He will thoroughly cleanse His threshing-floor, and will gather His wheat into the granary, but the chaff He will burn with unquenchable fire." ¹³ Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan, to John, to be immersed by him; ¹⁴ but he was hindering Him, saying, "I have need to be immersed by Thee; and dost Thou come to me?" ¹⁵ But Jesus, answering, said to him, "Suffer it now; for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness." Then He suffers Him. ¹⁶ And, having been immersed, Jesus went up straightway from the water; and, behold, the heavens were opened; and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, coming upon Him; ¹⁷ and, behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying, "This is My Son, the beloved, in whom I delighted."

¹ The beginning of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, God's Son. ² As it has been written in Isaiah the prophet, "Behold, I send My messenger before Thy face, who shall prepare Thy way; ³ the voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make His paths straight.'" ⁴ John came, who was immersing in the wilderness, and preaching the immersion of repentance unto remission of sins. ⁵ And there went out to him all the country of Judea and all those of Jerusalem, and were being immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁶ And John was clothed with camel's hair, and had a leathern girdle about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey. ⁷ And he preached, saying, "There cometh after me One Who is mightier than I, the latchet of Whose shoes I am not worthy, stooping down, to loose. ⁸ I immersed you in water; but He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit." ⁹ And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was immersed by John into the Jordan. ¹⁰ And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent apart, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon Him. ¹¹ And a voice came out of Heaven, saying, "Thou art My Son, the beloved, in Whom I was well pleased."

¹³ but I say to you that Elijah has both come, and they did to him whatsoever they wished, as it has been written of him."

¹ Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar—Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the country of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene, ² in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness; ³ and he came into all the region of the Jordan, preaching the immersion of repentance unto remission of sins; ⁴ as it has been written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, "The voice of one crying in the wilderness, 'Prepare ye the way of the Lord; make straight His paths. ⁵ Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall become straight, and the rough ways smooth; ⁶ and all flesh shall see the salvation of God.'" ⁷ He was saying, therefore, to the multitudes coming forth to be immersed by him, "Broods of vipers! who warned you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Produce, therefore, fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say within yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father'; for I say to you, that God is able out of these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ⁹ And already the axe also is lying at the root of the trees; every tree, therefore, not producing good fruit, is cut down, and cast into the fire." ¹⁰ And the multitudes were asking him, saying, "What, then, shall we do?" ¹¹ And he, answering, said to them, "Let him who has two coats share with him who has none; and let him who has food do likewise." ¹² And there came also tax-collectors to be immersed, and they said to him, "Teacher, what shall we do?" ¹³ And he said to them, "Exact no more than that which has been appointed you." ¹⁴ And soldiers also were questioning him, saying, "And what shall we do?" And he said to them, "Do violence to no one, neither accuse any one falsely, and be content with your wages." ¹⁵ And, as the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether perhaps he himself were the Christ, ¹⁶ John answered, saying to them all, "I, indeed, immerse you in water; but He is coming, Who is mightier than I—the latchet of Whose sandals I am not worthy to loose—He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and in fire; ¹⁷ Whose fan is in His hand, thoroughly to cleanse His threshing-floor, and to gather the wheat into His granary; but the chaff He will burn up with unquenchable fire." ¹⁸ Therefore, indeed, exhorting them as to many and various things, he was proclaiming the good news to the people; ¹⁹ but Herod, the tetrarch, being reproved by him concerning Herodias, the wife of his brother, and concerning all the evils which Herod did, ²⁰ added this also to them all, that he shut up John in prison.

⁶ There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. ⁷ The same came for a testimony, that he might testify concerning the Light, that all might believe through him. ⁸ He was not the Light; but he came, that he might testify concerning the Light.

¹⁵ John testifies concerning Him, and has cried, saying, "This was He of Whom I said, 'He That cometh after me hath become before me, because He was before me;'" ¹⁶ because out of His fulness we all received, and grace for grace: ¹⁷ because the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, Who is in the bosom of the Father, He declared Him. ¹⁹ And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent forth priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, "Who are you?" ²⁰ And he confessed, and denied not; and he confessed, "I am not the Christ." ²¹ And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" And he says, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered, "No." ²² They said therefore, to him, "Who are you? that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say concerning yourself?" ²³ He said, "'I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord,'" as said Isaiah the prophet. ²⁴ And they had been sent from among the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, and said to him, "Why, then, do you immerse, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?" ²⁶ John answered them, saying, "I immerse in water: in your midst standeth One Whom ye know not— ²⁷ the One coming after me, the latchet of Whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose." ²⁸ These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing. ²⁹ On the morrow he sees Jesus coming to him, and he says, "Behold, the Lamb of God Who taketh away the sin of the world! ³⁰ This is He of Whom I said, 'After me cometh a Man Who hath become before me, because He was before me.' ³¹ And I knew Him not; but, that He might be manifested to Israel, for this cause I came immersing in water." ³² And John testified, saying, "I have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of Heaven, and He abode upon Him. ³³ And I knew Him not; but He who sent me to immerse in water, He said to me, 'Upon Whomsoever you shall see the Spirit descending and abiding on Him, the Same is He Who immerseth in the Holy Spirit.' ³⁴ And I have seen, and have testified, that This is the Son of God." ³⁵ Again, on the morrow, John was standing, and two of his disciples; ³⁶ and, looking upon Jesus as He was walking, says, "Behold, the Lamb of God!"

²⁵ There arose, therefore, a question, on the part of John's disciples with a Jew, about purification. ²⁶ And they came to John, and said to him, "Rabbi, He Who was with you beyond the Jordan, to Whom you have borne testimony, behold, He is immersing, and all are coming to Him." ²⁷ John answered and said, "A man can receive nothing, unless it has been given to him from Heaven. ²⁸ Ye yourselves bear me testimony, that I said, 'I am not the Christ, but that I have been sent before Him.' ²⁹ He who has the bride is the bridegroom; but the friend of the bride-groom who stands and hears him greatly rejoices because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy, therefore, has been made full. ³⁰ He must increase, but I must decrease. ³¹ He That cometh from above is above all; he that is of the earth is of the earth, and speaks of the earth; He that cometh from Heaven is above all. ³² What He hath seen, and what He heard, of this He bears testimony; and no man receives His testimony. ³³ He that received His testimony did set his seal to it, that God is true. ³⁴ For He Whom God sent speaketh the words of God; for He giveth not the Spirit by measure. ³⁵ The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into His hand. ³⁶ He that believes on the Son has eternal life; but he that disbelieves the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."