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John 3:25

Then a dispute arose between John’s disciples and a certain Jew over the issue of ceremonial washing.

John 3:25 BSB
  1. a TR and the Jews

John 3:25 has 9 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 9 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to John 2:6 (12 votes) and Matthew 3:11 (8 votes). 15 other verses point back to it. It links with 6 other books, from Matthew 3 to 1 Peter 3.

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Which verses does John 3:25 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

  1. John 2:612 votes

    Now six stone water jars had been set there for the Jewish rites of purification. Each could hold from twenty to thirty gallons.

  2. Matthew 3:118 votes

    I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

  3. Hebrews 6:27 votes

    instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

  4. Hebrews 9:106 votes

    They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.

  5. Hebrews 9:236 votes

    So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

  6. 1 Peter 3:216 votes

    And this water symbolizes the baptism that now saves you also—not the removal of dirt from the body, but the pledge of a clear conscience toward God—through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

  7. Mark 7:85 votes

    You have disregarded the commandment of God to keep the tradition of men.”

  8. Hebrews 9:13–145 votes

    For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean, how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!

  9. Mark 7:2–54 votes

    and they saw some of His disciples eating with hands that were defiled—that is, unwashed. Now in holding to the tradition of the elders, the Pharisees and all the Jews do not eat until they wash their hands ceremonially. …

Which verses point to John 3:25?

The 10 strongest of 15.