Luke 20:4 Cross References - Goodspeed

⁴ Tell me, did John's baptism come from heaven or from men?"

⁷ But as they were going away, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John. "What was it that you went out into the desert to look at? A reed swaying in the wind? ⁸ Then what did you go out there to see? A man luxuriously dressed? Men who dress in that way you find in the palaces of kings. ⁹ Then why did you go out there? Was it to see a prophet? Yes, I tell you, and far more than a prophet! ¹⁰ This is the man of whom the Scripture says, " 'Here I send my messenger on before you; He will prepare the road ahead of you.' ¹¹ "I tell you, among men born of women no one greater than John the Baptist has ever appeared. And yet those who are of little importance in the Kingdom of Heaven are greater than he. ¹² But from the time of John the Baptist until now men have been taking the Kingdom of Heaven by storm and impetuously crowding into it. ¹³ For up to the time of John all the Prophets and the Law itself prophesied about it, ¹⁴ and, if you are ready to accept the idea, he is himself Elijah who was to come. ¹⁵ Let him who has ears listen! ¹⁶ But to what can I compare this present age? It is like children sitting about in the bazaars and calling out to their playmates, ¹⁷ " 'We have played the flute for you, and you would not dance! We have wailed and you would not beat your breasts!' ¹⁸ For when John came, he neither ate nor drank, and people said, 'He has a demon!' ¹⁹ Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and people say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!' And yet Wisdom is vindicated by her actions!"

¹¹ He answered, "Elijah does come and is to reform everything, ¹² but I tell you, Elijah has come already, and they would not recognize him, but treated him just as they pleased. It is in just that way that the Son of Man is going to be treated by them!"

²⁵ Where did John's baptism come from? Was it from heaven, or from men?" And they argued with one another, "If we say, 'It was from heaven,' he will say to us, 'Then why did you not believe him?' ²⁶ But if we say, 'From men,' we have the people to fear, for they all consider John a prophet." ²⁷ And they answered Jesus, "We do not know." He said to them, "Nor will I tell you what authority I have for doing as I do. ²⁸ But what do you think? There was a man who had two sons. He went to the first and said, 'My son, go and work in the vineyard today.' ²⁹ And he answered, 'I will, sir,' but he did not go. ³⁰ Then the man went to the second son, and told him the same thing. And he answered, 'I will not!' But afterward he changed his mind and went. ³¹ Which of the two did what his father wanted?" They said, "The second one." Jesus said to them, "I tell you, the tax-collectors and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God ahead of you. ³² For John came to you with a way of uprightness, and you would not believe him. The tax-collectors and prostitutes believed him, but even after seeing that, you would not change your minds and believe him!

²⁸ "I tell you, among men born of women there is none greater than John; and yet those who are of little importance in the Kingdom of God are greater than he. ²⁹ And all the people, even the tax-collectors, when they heard him, acknowledged the justice of God's demands, by accepting baptism from John, ³⁰ but the Pharisees and experts in the Law thwarted God's purpose for themselves, by refusing to be baptized by him. ³¹ So what is there to which I can compare the men of this age? What are they like? ³² They are like children sitting about in the bazaar and calling out to one another, " 'We have played the flute for you, and you would not dance! We have wailed and you would not weep!' ³³ "For when John the Baptist came, he did not eat any bread or drink any wine, and you said, 'He has a demon!' ³⁴ Now that the Son of Man has come, he does eat and drink, and you say, 'Look at him! A glutton and a drinker, the companion of tax-collectors and irreligious people!' ³⁵ So wisdom is vindicated by all who are really wise."

¹⁸ I will get up, and go to my father, and say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your eyes;

⁶ There appeared a man by the name of John, with a message from God.

¹⁹ Now this is the testimony that John gave when the Jews sent priests and Levites to him from Jerusalem to ask him who he was. ²⁰ He admitted—he made no attempt to deny it—he admitted that he was not the Christ. ²¹ Then they asked him, "What are you then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "No, I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No." ²² Then they said to him, "Who are you? We must have some answer to give those who sent us here. What have you to say for yourself?" ²³ He said, "I am a voice of one shouting in the desert, 'Straighten the Lord's way!' as the prophet Isaiah said." ²⁴ Now the messengers were Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, "Then why are you baptizing people, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?" ²⁶ "I am only baptizing in water," John answered, "but someone is standing among you of whom you do not know. ²⁷ He is to come after me, and I am not worthy to undo his shoe!" ²⁸ This took place at Bethany, on the farther side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.