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29 The next day, John saw Jesus, who was coming towards him. John said, ‘Look! Here is the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of people in the world.[a] 30 This is the man that I told you about. I told you, “He comes after me, but he is greater than I am. He was already there before I was born.” 31 I did not know him. But I had to show Israel's people who he was. That is why I am baptizing people with water.’

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  1. 1:29 John the Baptist called Jesus ‘God's Lamb’. Then the people would remember the lambs that they killed for the Passover meal. Jesus Christ was God's Lamb, who came to die on our behalf. He came to save us from sin.