26 John answered them, saying, (A)“I baptize with water, (B)but there stands One among you whom you do not know. 27 (C)It is He who, coming after me, [a]is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”

28 These things were done (D)in [b]Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

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  1. John 1:27 ranks higher than I
  2. John 1:28 NU, M Bethany

26 “I baptize with[a] water,”(A) John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know. 27 He is the one who comes after me,(B) the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”(C)

28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan,(D) where John was baptizing.

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  1. John 1:26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)