Matthew 3:5
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5 People from Jerusalem and from all of Judea and all over the Jordan Valley went out to see and hear John.
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Mark 1:5
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5 All of Judea, including all the people of Jerusalem, went out to see and hear John. And when they confessed their sins, he baptized them in the Jordan River.
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John 5:35
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35 John was like a burning and shining lamp, and you were excited for a while about his message.
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John 3:23
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23 At this time John the Baptist was baptizing at Aenon, near Salim, because there was plenty of water there; and people kept coming to him for baptism.
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Luke 16:16
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16 “Until John the Baptist, the law of Moses and the messages of the prophets were your guides. But now the Good News of the Kingdom of God is preached, and everyone is eager to get in.[a]
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- 16:16 Or everyone is urged to enter in.
Luke 3:7
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7 When the crowds came to John for baptism, he said, “You brood of snakes! Who warned you to flee the coming wrath?
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Matthew 11:7-12
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7 As John’s disciples were leaving, Jesus began talking about him to the crowds. “What kind of man did you go into the wilderness to see? Was he a weak reed, swayed by every breath of wind? 8 Or were you expecting to see a man dressed in expensive clothes? No, people with expensive clothes live in palaces. 9 Were you looking for a prophet? Yes, and he is more than a prophet. 10 John is the man to whom the Scriptures refer when they say,
‘Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you,
and he will prepare your way before you.’[a]
11 “I tell you the truth, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the least person in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he is! 12 And from the time John the Baptist began preaching until now, the Kingdom of Heaven has been forcefully advancing,[b] and violent people are attacking it.
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Matthew 4:25
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25 Large crowds followed him wherever he went—people from Galilee, the Ten Towns,[a] Jerusalem, from all over Judea, and from east of the Jordan River.
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- 4:25 Greek Decapolis.
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