(A)Now John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins: and he did eat (B)locusts and wild honey,

(C)[a]And preached, saying, A stronger than I cometh after me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to [b]stoop down, and unloose.

Truth it is, I have [c]baptized you with water: but he will baptize you with the holy Ghost.

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  1. Mark 1:7 John and all ministers cast their eyes upon Christ the Lord.
  2. Mark 1:7 The Evangelist his meaning was to express the condition of the basest servant.
  3. Mark 1:8 He showeth that all the force of baptism proceedeth from Christ, who baptizeth within.

John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist,(A) and he ate locusts(B) and wild honey. And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.(C) I baptize you with[a] water, but he will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit.”(D)

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  1. Mark 1:8 Or in
  2. Mark 1:8 Or in