¹¹ “I baptize you with^[a] water for repentance.^(A) But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with^[b] the Holy Spirit^(B) and fire.^(C)

⁷ He came as a witness to testify^(A) concerning that light, so that through him all might believe.^(B)

²⁷ He is the one who comes after me,^(A) the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”^(B)

²⁴ Before the coming of Jesus, John preached repentance and baptism to all the people of Israel.^{(A) 25} As John was completing his work,^(B) he said: ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not the one you are looking for.^(C) But there is one coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’^(D)