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Want to know what the Bible says about John The Baptist? Here are 125 Bible verses about John The Baptist from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Matthew 11:11 NIV
Truly I tell you, among those born of women there has not risen anyone greater than John the Baptist; yet whoever is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.
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Isaiah 40:3 NIV
A voice of one calling:
“In the wilderness prepare
    the way for the Lord ;
make straight in the desert
    a highway for our God.
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Malachi 3:1 NIV
“I will send my messenger, who will prepare the way before me. Then suddenly the Lord you are seeking will come to his temple; the messenger of the covenant, whom you desire, will come,” says the Lord Almighty.
116
Matthew 3:1 NIV
In those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea
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John 10:41 NIV
and many people came to him. They said, “Though John never performed a sign, all that John said about this man was true.”
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Matthew 3:3 NIV
This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah:
“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
    make straight paths for him.’”
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John 1:21 NIV
They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”
He answered, “No.”
87
Malachi 4:5 NIV
“See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes.
85
Mark 1:4 NIV
And so John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.
78
Matthew 3:4 NIV
John’s clothes were made of camel’s hair, and he had a leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
77
John 1:25 NIV
questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
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John 1:23 NIV
John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”
70
Luke 7:28 NIV
I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John; yet the one who is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
68
Luke 1:36 NIV
Even Elizabeth your relative is going to have a child in her old age, and she who was said to be unable to conceive is in her sixth month.
67
Malachi 4:5-6 NIV
5 “See, I will send the prophet Elijah to you before that great and dreadful day of the Lord comes. 6 He will turn the hearts of the parents to their children, and the hearts of the children to their parents; or else I will come and strike the land with total destruction.”
63
Luke 1:17 NIV
And he will go on before the Lord, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the parents to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous—to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”
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Matthew 17:11-13 NIV
11 Jesus replied, “To be sure, Elijah comes and will restore all things. 12 But I tell you, Elijah has already come, and they did not recognize him, but have done to him everything they wished. In the same way the Son of Man is going to suffer at their hands.” 13 Then the disciples understood that he was talking to them about John the Baptist.
62
Mark 6:14 NIV
King Herod heard about this, for Jesus’ name had become well known. Some were saying, “John the Baptist has been raised from the dead, and that is why miraculous powers are at work in him.”
58
Matthew 11:10 NIV
This is the one about whom it is written:
“‘I will send my messenger ahead of you,
    who will prepare your way before you.’
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