Mark 11:30 Cross References - ACV

³⁰ The immersion of John, was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.

¹ And in those days John the immerser comes, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, ² Repent ye, for the kingdom of the heavens has approached. ³ For this is he who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of a man crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight. ⁴ Now John himself had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leather belt about his waist. And his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵ Then Jerusalem, and all Judea, and all the region of the Jordan went out to him, ⁶ and they were immersed by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁷ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them, Ye offspring of vipers, who showed you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Therefore produce fruit worthy of repentance. ⁹ And think not to say within yourselves, We have a father, Abraham. For I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ¹⁰ And even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore not producing good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. ¹¹ I indeed immerse you in water for repentance, but he who comes after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit. ¹² Whose winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor. And he will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but he will burn the chaff with unquenchable fire. ¹³ Then Jesus comes from Galilee to the Jordan to John to be immersed by him. ¹⁴ But John was preventing him, saying, I have need to be immersed by thee, and thou come to me? ¹⁵ But having answered, Jesus said to him, Allow it now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he allows him. ¹⁶ And when Jesus was immersed, he went up straightaway out of the water. And lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and coming upon him. ¹⁷ And lo, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

¹ The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. ² As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my agent before thy face, who will prepare thy way before thee. ³ The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight. ⁴ It came to pass, that John was immersing in the wilderness and preaching an immersion of repentance for remission of sins. ⁵ And all the land of Judea and the Jerusalemites went out to him, and they were all immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. ⁶ And John was clothed with camel's hair and a leather belt around his waist, and eating locusts and wild honey. ⁷ And he preached, saying, A man mightier than I comes after me of whom I am not worthy, having stooped down, to loosen the strap of his shoes. ⁸ I indeed 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 in the Jordan. ¹⁰ And straightaway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens divided, and the Spirit descending upon him as a dove. ¹¹ And a voice occurred out of the heavens, Thou are my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

¹³ But I say to you, that Elijah has also come, and they did to him as much as they wanted, just as it is written for him.

¹ Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip being tetrarch of the region belonging to Ituraea, and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias being tetrarch of Abilene, ² in the high priesthood of Annas and Caiaphas, the word of God came to be in John the son of Zacharias in the wilderness. ³ And he came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching an immersion of repentance for remission of sins, ⁴ as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet, which says, The voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Make his paths straight. ⁵ Every valley will be filled, and every mountain and hill will be brought low. And the crooked things will be into straight and the rough into smooth ways. ⁶ And all flesh will see the salvation of God. ⁷ He said therefore to the multitudes who went out to be immersed by him, Ye offspring of vipers, who showed you to flee from the coming wrath? ⁸ Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and do not begin to say within yourselves, We have a father, Abraham. For I say to you, that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. ⁹ And even now the axe is laid at the root of the trees. Every tree therefore not making good fruit is cut down, and cast into fire. ¹⁰ And the crowds questioned him, saying, What then shall we do? ¹¹ And having answered, he says to them, He who has two coats, let him share with him not having, and he who has food, let him do likewise. ¹² And tax collectors also came to be immersed, and they said to him, Teacher, what should we do? ¹³ And he said to them, Collect not one thing more than from what has been appointed for you. ¹⁴ And men who were soldiers also questioned him, saying, And we, what should we do? And he said to them, Do violence to no man, nor accuse falsely, and be content with your wages. ¹⁵ And as the people were expectant, and all pondering in their hearts about John, if perhaps he was the Christ, ¹⁶ John responded, saying to them all, I indeed immerse you in water, but a man mightier than I comes, of whom I am not worthy to unloose the strap of his shoes. He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire, ¹⁷ whose winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor, and will gather the wheat into his storehouse, but the chaff he will burn with unquenchable fire. ¹⁸ Indeed therefore, also exhorting the people with many other things, he preached the good news. ¹⁹ But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him about Herodias his brother's wife, and about all of which evil things Herod had done, ²⁰ also added this to them all, he even locked up John in prison.

⁶ A man came to be who was sent from God, his name was John. ⁷ This man came for testimony so that he might testify about the light, so that all might believe through him. ⁸ That man was not the light, but that he might testify about the light.

¹⁵ John testified about him, and cried out, saying, This was he of whom I said, He who comes after me came to be before me, because he was before me. ¹⁶ And from his fullness we all received, even grace for grace. ¹⁷ Because the law was given through Moses. Grace and truth came to be through Jesus Christ. ¹⁸ No man has ever seen God. The only begotten Son, being in the bosom of the Father, that man reported him. ¹⁹ And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent forth priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they might ask him, Who are thou? ²⁰ And he confessed, and did not deny, and confessed, I am not the Christ. ²¹ And they asked him, What therefore, are thou Elijah? And he says, I am not. Are thou the prophet? And he answered, No. ²² They said therefore to him, Who are thou, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do thou say about thyself? ²³ He said, I am the voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, just as the prophet Isaiah said. ²⁴ And those who were sent were from the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, and said to him, Why therefore do thou immerse if thou are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the prophet? ²⁶ John answered them, saying, I immerse in water, but amidst you stands him whom ye know not. ²⁷ He is the man who comes after me, who has become before me, of whom I am not worthy that I might loosen the strap of his shoe. ²⁸ These things occurred in Bethany beyond the Jordan where John was immersing. ²⁹ On the morrow John sees Jesus coming to him, and he says, Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰ This is he about whom I said, After me comes a man who has become before me, because he was before me. ³¹ And I had not known him, but that he would be made known to Israel. Because of this I came immersing in water. ³² And John testified, saying, I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove out of heaven, and it remained upon him. ³³ And I had not known him. But he who sent me to immerse in water, he said to me, Upon whomever thou will see the Spirit descending and remaining on him, this is he who immerses 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 stood, and two of his disciples. ³⁶ And having looked upon Jesus walking, he says, Behold, the Lamb of God!

²⁵ Therefore a debate developed from John's disciples with the Jews about purification. ²⁶ And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, about whom thou have testified, behold, this man immerses, and all men come to him. ²⁷ John answered and said, A man can receive nothing unless it is given to him from heaven. ²⁸ Ye yourselves testify that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent ahead of that man. ²⁹ He who has the bride is the bridegroom. But the friend of the bridegroom, who stands and hears him, rejoices with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. This therefore my joy is fulfilled. ³⁰ It is necessary for that man to increase, but me to decrease. ³¹ He who comes from above is above all things. He who is of the earth is of the earth, and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all things. ³² And what he has seen and heard, of this he testifies, and no man receives his testimony. ³³ He who has received his testimony has set a seal that God is true. ³⁴ For he whom God sent speaks the sayings of God, for God does not give the Spirit by measure. ³⁵ The Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand. ³⁶ He who believes in the Son has eternal life, but he who disobeys the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.