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11 I baptize you with water so you will give up your sins.[a] But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to carry his sandals.[b] He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

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  1. 3.11 so you will give up your sins: Or “because you have given up your sins.”
  2. 3.11 carry his sandals: This was one of the duties of a slave.

I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit!”

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16 John said, “I am just baptizing with water. But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to untie his sandals.[a] He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

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  1. 3.16 untie his sandals: This was the duty of a slave.

33 Before this I didn't know who he was. But the one who sent me to baptize with water had told me, “You will see the Spirit come down and stay on someone. Then you will know that he is the one who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.”

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