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)

⁷ He was preaching: “Someone more powerful^(A) than I will come after me.^(B) I am not worthy^(C) to stoop down and untie the strap of His sandals.^(D)

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

³⁰ This is the One I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who has surpassed me, because He existed before me.’