John 1:26-28
Contemporary English Version
26 John told them, “I use water to baptize people. But here with you is someone you don't know. 27 Even though I came first, I am not good enough to untie his sandals.” 28 John said this as he was baptizing east of the Jordan River in Bethany.[a]
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- 1.28 Bethany: An unknown village east of the Jordan with the same name as the village near Jerusalem.
John 1:26-28
New International Version
26 “I baptize with[a] water,”(A) John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know. 27 He is the one who comes after me,(B) the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”(C)
28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan,(D) where John was baptizing.
Footnotes
- John 1:26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)
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