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Mark 1:7-9
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7 Here is a sample of his preaching:

“Someone is coming soon who is far greater than I am, so much greater that I am not even worthy to be his slave.[a] 8 I baptize you with water[b] but he will baptize you with God’s Holy Spirit!”

9 Then one day Jesus came from Nazareth in Galilee, and was baptized by John there in the Jordan River.

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  1. Mark 1:7 so much greater that I am not even worthy to be his slave, literally, “whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose.”
  2. Mark 1:8 with water, or “in water.” The Greek word is not clear on this controversial point. with God’s Holy Spirit, or “in God’s Holy Spirit”; the Greek is not clear.
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Mark 1:7-9
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7 And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.(A) 8 I baptize you with[a] water, but he will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit.”(B)

The Baptism and Testing of Jesus(C)(D)

9 At that time Jesus came from Nazareth(E) in Galilee and was baptized by John(F) in the Jordan.

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  1. Mark 1:8 Or in
  2. Mark 1:8 Or in
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