Matthew 3:1

John the Baptizer appears, preaching in the wilderness of Judea. The forerunner of the Messiah begins his ministry.

Cross-references · 25

• Isa 40:3–6A voice of one calling: “Prepare the way for the LORD in the wilderness; make a straight highway for our God in the desert.
• John 1:6–8There came a man who was sent from God. His name was John.
• Luke 1:13–17But the angel said to him, “Do not be afraid, Zechariah, because your prayer has been heard. Your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you are to give him the name John.
• Luke 1:76And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him,
• Luke 3:1–20In the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, while Pontius Pilate was governor of Judea, Herod tetrarch of Galilee, his brother Philip tetrarch of Ituraea and Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,
• Matt 11:11Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has risen no one greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
• Acts 19:3–4“Into what, then, were you baptized?” Paul asked. “The baptism of John,” they replied.
• Acts 13:24–25Before the arrival of Jesus, John preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.
• Matt 16:14They replied, “Some say John the Baptist; others say Elijah; and still others, Jeremiah or one of the prophets.”
• Mark 1:15“The time is fulfilled,” He said, “and the kingdom of God is near. Repent and believe in the gospel!”
• Matt 21:25–27What was the source of John’s baptism? Was it from heaven or from men?” They deliberated among themselves and said, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will ask, ‘Why then did you not believe him?’
• Luke 7:24After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
• Matt 14:2–14and said to his servants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
• Acts 1:22beginning from John’s baptism until the day Jesus was taken up from us. For one of these must become a witness with us of His resurrection.”
• Mark 1:3–8“A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for the Lord, make straight paths for Him.’”
• Matt 17:12–13But I tell you that Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him whatever they wished. In the same way, the Son of Man will suffer at their hands.”
• Matt 3:8Produce fruit, then, in keeping with repentance.
• Mark 6:16–29But when Herod heard this, he said, “John, whom I beheaded, has risen from the dead!”
• Matt 11:7As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
• John 1:15–36John 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.’”
• Josh 15:61–62These were in the wilderness: Beth-arabah, Middin, Secacah,
• John 3:27–36John replied, “A man can receive only what is given him from heaven.
• Matt 21:32For John came to you in a righteous way and you did not believe him, but the tax collectors and prostitutes did. And even after you saw this, you did not repent and believe him.
• Judg 1:16Now the descendants of Moses’ father-in-law, the Kenite, went up with the men of Judah from the City of Palms to the Wilderness of Judah in the Negev near Arad. They went to live among the people.
• Josh 14:10Now behold, as the LORD promised, He has kept me alive these forty-five years since He spoke this word to Moses, while Israel wandered in the wilderness. So here I am today, eighty-five years old,

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