¹⁵ (^(A)John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ^(B)‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’”)

²⁷ even ^(A)he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”

^30 (A)He must increase, but I must decrease.”^[a]

^31 (B)He who comes from above ^(C)is above all. He who is of the earth belongs to the earth and ^(D)speaks in an earthly way. ^(E)He who comes from heaven ^(F)is above all.

²⁵ And as John was finishing his course, ^(A)he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but behold, after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’