²⁶ John answered them, saying, ^(A)“I baptize with water, ^(B)but there stands One among you whom you do not know.

^27 (A)It is He who, coming after me, ^[a]is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”

³⁰ This is He of whom I said, ‘After me comes a Man who ^[a]is preferred before me, for He was before me.’

³⁴ And I have seen and testified that this is the ^(A)Son of God.”