Luke 20:5

Authorized King James Version (1611)

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

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  • John 1:15-18 : 15 ¶ John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me. 16 And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace. 17 For the law was given by Moses, [but] grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 18 No man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared [him].
  • John 1:30 : 30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
  • John 1:34 : 34 And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God.
  • John 3:26 : 26 And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all [men] come to him.
  • John 3:36 : 36 He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.
  • John 5:33-35 : 33 ‹Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.› 34 ‹But I receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that ye might be saved.› 35 ‹He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.›
  • Acts 13:25 : 25 And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not [he]. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of [his] feet I am not worthy to loose.

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