John 1:31

John chapter 1 · verse 31 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

World English Bible · 2000

And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water.

King James Version · 1611

And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.

American Standard Version · 1901

And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water.

v.30This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man who is become before me: for he was before me.

v.31This passage

v.32And John bare witness, saying, I have beheld the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven; and it abode upon him.

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Matthew 3:6
and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.
Luke 2:39
And when they had accomplished all things that were according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.
Malachi 4:2
But unto you that fear my name shall the sun of righteousness arise with healing in its wings; and ye shall go forth, and gambol as calves of the stall.
John 1:7
The same came for witness, that he might bear witness of the light, that all might believe through him.
Luke 3:3
And he came into all the region round about the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins;
Isaiah 40:3
The voice of one that crieth, Prepare ye in the wilderness the way of Jehovah; make level in the desert a highway for our God.