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24-25 Then some of those sent by the Pharisees questioned him again.

Religious Leaders: How can you travel the countryside baptizing[a] people if you are not the Anointed One or Elijah or the Prophet?

John the Baptist: 26 Baptizing with water is what I do; but the One whom I speak of, whom we all await, is standing among you; and you have no idea who He is. 27 Though He comes after me, I am not even worthy to unlace His sandals.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 1:24-25 Literally, immersing, to show repentance
  2. 1:27 Verse 28 has been moved before verse 20 to retain the continuity of events.

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