John 1:29
1:29 On the next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
John 1:33-34
1:33 And I did not recognize him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘The one on whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining – this is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’
1:34 I have both seen and testified that this man is the Chosen One of God.”
John 3:29-36
3:29 The one who has the bride is the bridegroom. The friend of the bridegroom, who stands by and listens for him, rejoices greatly
when he hears the bridegroom’s voice. This then is my joy, and it is complete.
3:30 He must become more important while I become less important.”
3:31 The one who comes from above is superior to all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to all.
3:32 He testifies about what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony.
3:33 The one who has accepted his testimony has confirmed clearly that God is truthful.
3:34 For the one whom God has sent speaks the words of God, for he does not give the Spirit sparingly.
3:35 The Father loves the Son and has placed all things under his authority.
3:36 The one who believes in the Son has eternal life. The one who rejects the Son will not see life, but God’s wrath remains on him.
Matthew 3:11-12
3:11 “I baptize you with water, for repentance, but the one coming after me is more powerful than I am – I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
3:12 His winnowing fork is in his hand, and he will clean out his threshing floor and will gather his wheat into the storehouse, but the chaff he will burn up with inextinguishable fire.”
Luke 7:29-30
7:29 (Now
all the people who heard this, even the tax collectors,
acknowledged
God’s justice, because they had been baptized
with John’s baptism.
7:30 However, the Pharisees
and the experts in religious law
rejected God’s purpose
for themselves, because they had not been baptized
by John.
)