John 3:26

John's disciples report, with concern, that the one he testified about is now baptizing and everyone is going to him. They feel the shift of the crowds toward Jesus.

Cross-references · 18

• John 1:7He came as a witness to testify about the Light, so that through him everyone might believe.
• Jas 3:14–18But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
• John 12:19Then the Pharisees said to one another, “You can see that this is doing you no good. Look how the whole world has gone after Him!”
• Gal 6:12–13Those who want to make a good impression outwardly are trying to compel you to be circumcised. They only do this to avoid persecution for the cross of Christ.
• John 1:15John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”
• John 1:26–36“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.
• Gal 5:20–21idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
• Isa 45:23By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.
• John 11:48If we let Him go on like this, everyone will believe in Him, and then the Romans will come and take away both our place and our nation.”
• Acts 19:26–27And you can see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in nearly the whole province of Asia, Paul has persuaded a great number of people to turn away. He says that man-made gods are no gods at all.
• 1 Cor 3:3–5for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not walking in the way of man?
• John 3:2He came to Jesus at night and said, “Rabbi, we know that You are a teacher who has come from God. For no one could perform the signs You are doing if God were not with him.”
• Ps 65:2O You who listen to prayer, all people will come to You.
• Num 11:26–29Two men, however, had remained in the camp—one named Eldad and the other Medad—and the Spirit rested on them. They were among those listed, but they had not gone out to the tent, and they prophesied in the camp.
• Jas 4:5–6Or do you think the Scripture says without reason that the Spirit He caused to dwell in us yearns with envy?
• Eccl 4:4I saw that all labor and success spring from a man’s envy of his neighbor. This too is futile and a pursuit of the wind.
• John 1:9The true Light who gives light to every man was coming into the world.
• Matt 23:7the greetings in the marketplaces, and the title of ‘Rabbi’ by which they are addressed.

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