Quotes about John
Then John said to the crowds coming out to be baptized by him, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?
— Luke 3:7
The people were waiting expectantly and were all wondering in their hearts if John could be the Christ.
— Luke 3:15
John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.
— Luke 3:16
With these and many other exhortations, John proclaimed the good news to the people.
— Luke 3:18
Herod added this to them all: He locked John up in prison.
— Luke 3:20
Then they said to Him, “John’s disciples and those of the Pharisees frequently fast and pray, but Yours keep on eating and drinking.”
— Luke 5:33
Simon, whom He named Peter, and his brother Andrew; James and John; Philip and Bartholomew;
— Luke 6:14
Then John’s disciples informed him about all these things.
— Luke 7:18
So John called two of his disciples and sent them to ask the Lord, “Are You the One who was to come, or should we look for someone else?”
— Luke 7:19
After John’s messengers had left, Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John: “What did you go out into the wilderness to see? A reed swaying in the wind?
— Luke 7:24
I tell you, among those born of women there is no one greater than John, yet even the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.”
— Luke 7:28
All the people who heard this, even the tax collectors, acknowledged God’s justice. For they had received the baptism of John.
— Luke 7:29