John 3:25 Cross References - Noyes

²⁵ Then there arose a question on the part of Johns disciples with a Jew about purifying.

¹¹ I indeed baptize you in water, for repentance; but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear; he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.

² and seeing some of his disciples eating bread with defiled, that is, unwashed hands, ³ (for the Pharisees, and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands often, do not eat, holding fast the tradition of the elders; ⁴ and on coming from the marketplace, unless they bathe, they do not eat; and there are many other things which they have received to hold, the dipping of cups, and pitchers, and brazen vessels;) ⁵ then the Pharisees and scribes ask him, Why do not thy disciples walk according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with defiled hands?

⁸ Laying aside, the commandment of God, ye hold fast the tradition of men.

⁶ Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, in conformity with the Jews custom of purifying, containing two or three firkins apiece.

² of the doctrine of baptisms, and of the laying on of hands, and of resurrection of the dead, and of everlasting judgment.

¹⁰ being only ordinances pertaining to the flesh, which in addition to meats and drinks and divers washings are imposed until the time of reformation.

¹³ For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify to the purifying of the flesh, ¹⁴ how much more shall the blood of Christ, who by his everlasting spirit offered himself without spot to God, purify your conscience from dead works, for the worship of the living God!

²³ It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with sacrifices better than these.

²¹ which in its antitype, baptism, is now saving you,not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the earnest seeking for a good conscience toward God,by the resurrection of Jesus Christ;