11 “I baptize you with[a] water for repentance,[b](A) but the One who is coming after me is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to remove[c] His sandals. He Himself will baptize you with[d] the Holy Spirit and fire.(B)

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  1. Matthew 3:11 Or in
  2. Matthew 3:11 Baptism was the means by which repentance was expressed publicly.
  3. Matthew 3:11 Or to carry
  4. Matthew 3:11 Or in

He came as a witness
to testify about the light,
so that all might believe through him.[a]

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  1. John 1:7 Or through it (the light)

27 He is the One coming after me,[a](A) whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.”

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  1. John 1:27 Other mss add who came before me

24 Before He came to public attention,[a] John had previously proclaimed a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.(A) 25 Then as John was completing his life’s work, he said, ‘Who do you think I am? I am not the One. But look! Someone is coming after me, and I am not worthy to untie the sandals on His feet.’(B)

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  1. Acts 13:24 Lit Before the face of His entrance

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