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3:24 |
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This was before John was put in prison. |
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3:25 |
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An argument developed between some of John's disciples and a certain Jew over the matter of ceremonial washing. |
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3:26 |
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They came to John and said to him, "Rabbi, that man who was with you on the other side of the Jordanthe one you testified aboutwell, he is baptizing, and everyone is going to him." |
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3:27 |
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To this John replied, "A man can receive only what is given him from heaven. |
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3:28 |
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You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ but am sent ahead of him.' |
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3:29 |
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The bride belongs to the bridegroom. The friend who attends the bridegroom waits and listens for him, and is full of joy when he hears the bridegroom's voice. That joy is mine, and it is now complete. |
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3:30 |
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He must become greater; I must become less. |
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3:31 |
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"The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. |
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3:32 |
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He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. |
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3:33 |
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The man who has accepted it has certified that God is truthful. |
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3:34 |
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For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for God gives the Spirit without limit. |
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3:35 |
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The Father loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands. |
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3:36 |
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Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life, but whoever rejects the Son will not see life, for God's wrath remains on him." |
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3:19 |
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By the sweat of your brow you will eat your food until you return to the ground, since from it you were taken; for dust you are and to dust you will return." |
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11:11 |
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I tell you the truth: Among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. |
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18:4 |
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Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. |
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1:23 |
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John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am the voice of one calling in the desert, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.' " |
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11:29 |
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Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. |
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2:5 |
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Your attitude should be the same as that of Christ Jesus: |
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2:6 |
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Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, |
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2:7 |
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but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. |
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2:8 |
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And being found in appearance as a man, he humbled himself and became obedient to death even death on a cross! |
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22:39 |
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And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself.' |
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13:4 |
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Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. |
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5:6 |
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Humble yourselves, therefore, under God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. |
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12:3 |
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Now Moses was a very humble man, more humble than anyone else on the face of the earth. |