²⁶ “I baptize with^[a] water,”^(A) John answered them. “Someone stands among you, but you don’t know Him. ²⁷ He is the One coming after me,^[b](B) whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.”

²⁸ All this happened in Bethany^[c] across the Jordan,^[d](C) where John was baptizing.

The Lamb of God

²⁹ The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Here is the Lamb of God,^(D) who takes away the sin^(E) of the world! ³⁰ This is the One I told you about: ‘After me comes a man who has surpassed me, because He existed before me.’ ³¹ I didn’t know Him,^(F) but I came baptizing with^[e] water so He might be revealed^(G) to Israel.”

³² And John testified, “I watched the Spirit^(H) descending from heaven like a dove, and He rested on Him.^{(I) 33} I didn’t know Him, but He^[f] who sent me to baptize with^[g] water told me, ‘The One you see the Spirit descending and resting on—He is the One who baptizes with^[h] the Holy Spirit.’^(J)

¹³ But the man who was cured did not know who it was,^(A) because Jesus had slipped away into the crowd that was there.^[a]

¹⁴ “Even if I testify about Myself,” Jesus replied, “My testimony is valid,^[a] because I know where I came from and where I’m going. But you don’t know where I come from or where I’m going.^(A)