John 4:38 Cross References

John 4:38

38: I sent you to harvest where you didn't plant; others had already done the work, and you will gather the harvest."

to tell everyone about the light so that everyone might believe because of his testimony.

The LORD, the God of their ancestors, repeatedly sent his prophets to warn them, for he had compassion on his people and his Temple.

Or were you expecting to see a man dressed in expensive clothes? Those who dress like that live in palaces, not out in the wilderness.
Were you looking for a prophet? Yes, and he is more than a prophet.
John is the man to whom the Scriptures refer when they say, 'Look, I am sending my messenger before you, and he will prepare your way before you.'
"I assure you, of all who have ever lived, none is greater than John the Baptist. Yet even the most insignificant person in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he is!
And from the time John the Baptist began preaching and baptizing until now, the Kingdom of Heaven has been forcefully advancing, and violent people attack it.

When the apostles back in Jerusalem heard that the people of Samaria had accepted God's message, they sent Peter and John there.
As soon as they arrived, they prayed for these new Christians to receive the Holy Spirit.
The Holy Spirit had not yet come upon any of them, for they had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Then Peter and John laid their hands upon these believers, and they received the Holy Spirit.

And he ordered us to preach everywhere and to testify that Jesus is ordained of God to be the judge of all--the living and the dead.
He is the one all the prophets testified about, saying that everyone who believes in him will have their sins forgiven through his name."

But many of the people who heard their message believed it, so that the number of believers totaled about five thousand men, not counting women and children.

And more and more people believed and were brought to the Lord--crowds of both men and women.

All the believers were of one heart and mind, and they felt that what they owned was not their own; they shared everything they had.

God's message was preached in ever-widening circles. The number of believers greatly increased in Jerusalem, and many of the Jewish priests were converted, too.

Those who believed what Peter said were baptized and added to the church--about three thousand in all.

But the believers who had fled Jerusalem went everywhere preaching the Good News about Jesus.
Philip, for example, went to the city of Samaria and told the people there about the Messiah.
Crowds listened intently to what he had to say because of the miracles he did.
Many evil spirits were cast out, screaming as they left their victims. And many who had been paralyzed or lame were healed.
So there was great joy in that city.

They wondered what the Spirit of Christ within them was talking about when he told them in advance about Christ's suffering and his great glory afterward. They wondered when and to whom all this would happen.
They were told that these things would not happen during their lifetime, but many years later, during yours. And now this Good News has been announced by those who preached to you in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen.

In those days John the Baptist began preaching in the Judean wilderness. His message was,
"Turn from your sins and turn to God, because the Kingdom of Heaven is near. "
Isaiah had spoken of John when he said, "He is a voice shouting in the wilderness: 'Prepare a pathway for the Lord's coming! Make a straight road for him!'"
John's clothes were woven from camel hair, and he wore a leather belt; his food was locusts and wild honey.
People from Jerusalem and from every section of Judea and from all over the Jordan Valley went out to the wilderness to hear him preach.

"Again and again I sent my servants, the prophets, to plead with them, `Don't do these horrible things that I hate so much.'

Jesus traveled throughout Galilee teaching in the synagogues, preaching everywhere the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed people who had every kind of sickness and disease.

You know what happened all through Judea, beginning in Galilee after John the Baptist began preaching.
And no doubt you know that God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power. Then Jesus went around doing good and healing all who were oppressed by the Devil, for God was with him.

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