“He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.”
John 1:27 (WEB)
Context Reading
25They asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?” 26John answered them, “I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know. 27He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.” 28These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. 29The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold,the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
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