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26 John answered them, “I baptize with water;[a] but there is one among you whom you do not recognize,(A) 27 the one who is coming after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.”

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Footnotes

  1. 1:26 I baptize with water: the synoptics add “but he will baptize you with the holy Spirit” (Mk 1:8) or “…holy Spirit and fire” (Mt 3:11; Lk 3:16). John’s emphasis is on purification and preparation for a better baptism.

33 I did not know him,(A) but the one who sent me to baptize with water told me, ‘On whomever you see the Spirit come down and remain, he is the one who will baptize with the holy Spirit.’(B)

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for John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the holy Spirit.”(A)

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