BLB Mat 3

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Mat 3:1 — In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

those		Luk 3:1,2
John		Mat 11:11; Mat 14:2, etc.; Mat 16:14; Mat 17:12,13; Mat 21:25-27,32; Mar 1:4,15; Mar 6:16-29; Luk 1:13-17,76; Luk 3:2-20; Jhn 1:6-8,15-36; Jhn 3:27-36; Act 1:22; Act 13:24,25; Act 19:3,4
preaching		Isa 40:3-6; Mar 1:7; Luk 1:17
the wilderness		Mat 11:7; Jos 14:10; Jos 15:61,62; Luk 7:24

Correlating Passages

those

	Luk 3:1	Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene,
	Luk 3:2	Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.

John

	Mat 11:11	Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
	Mat 14:2	And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him.
	Mat 16:14	And they said, Some [say that thou art] John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
	Mat 17:12	But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
	Mat 17:13	Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist.
	Mat 21:25	The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?
	Mat 21:26	But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet.
	Mat 21:27	And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.
	Mat 21:32	For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had seen [it], repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.
	Mar 1:4	John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
	Mar 1:15	And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.
	Mar 6:16	But when Herod heard [thereof], he said, It is John, whom I beheaded: he is risen from the dead.
	Mar 6:17	For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had married her.
	Mar 6:18	For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother's wife.
	Mar 6:19	Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:
	Mar 6:20	For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.
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	Luk 1:13	But the angel said unto him, Fear not, Zacharias: for thy prayer is heard; and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.
	Luk 1:14	And thou shalt have joy and gladness; and many shall rejoice at his birth.
	Luk 1:15	For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, and shall drink neither wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb.
	Luk 1:16	And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God.
	Luk 1:17	And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
	Luk 1:76	And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways;
	Luk 3:2	Annas and Caiaphas being the high priests, the word of God came unto John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness.
	Luk 3:3	And he came into all the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins;
	Luk 3:4	As it is written in the book of the words of Esaias the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.
	Luk 3:5	Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways [shall be] made smooth;
	Luk 3:6	And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
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	Jhn 1:6	There was a man sent from God, whose name [was] John.
	Jhn 1:7	The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all [men] through him might believe.
	Jhn 1:8	He was not that Light, but [was sent] to bear witness of that Light.
	Jhn 1:15	John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.
	Jhn 1:16	And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.
	Jhn 1:17	For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
	Jhn 1:18	No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
	Jhn 1:19	And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?
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	Jhn 3:27	John answered and said, A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven.
	Jhn 3:28	Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.
	Jhn 3:29	He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.
	Jhn 3:30	He must increase, but I [must] decrease.
	Jhn 3:31	He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.
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	Act 1:22	Beginning from the baptism of John, unto that same day that he was taken up from us, must one be ordained to be a witness with us of his resurrection.
	Act 13:24	When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
	Act 13:25	And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not [he]. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of [his] feet I am not worthy to loose.
	Act 19:3	And he said unto them, Unto what then were ye baptized? And they said, Unto John's baptism.
	Act 19:4	Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

preaching

	Isa 40:3	The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.
	Isa 40:4	Every valley shall be exalted, and every mountain and hill shall be made low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough places plain:
	Isa 40:5	And the glory of the LORD shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see [it] together: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it].
	Isa 40:6	The voice said, Cry. And he said, What shall I cry? All flesh [is] grass, and all the goodliness thereof [is] as the flower of the field:
	Mar 1:7	And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
	Luk 1:17	And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.

the wilderness

	Mat 11:7	And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind?
	Jos 14:10	And now, behold, the LORD hath kept me alive, as he said, these forty and five years, even since the LORD spake this word unto Moses, while [the children of] Israel wandered in the wilderness: and now, lo, I [am] this day fourscore and five years old.
	Jos 15:61	In the wilderness, Betharabah, Middin, and Secacah,
	Jos 15:62	And Nibshan, and the city of Salt, and Engedi; six cities with their villages.