¹¹ I baptize you with water so you will give up your sins.^[a] But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to carry his sandals.^[b] He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

⁴ So John the Baptist showed up in the desert and told everyone, “Turn back to God and be baptized! Then your sins will be forgiven.”

⁷ John also told the people, “Someone more powerful is going to come. And I am not good enough even to stoop down and untie his sandals.^[a]

⁸ I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit!”

^4 (A) Isaiah the prophet wrote about John when he said,

¹⁶ John said, “I am just baptizing with water. But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to untie his sandals.^[a] He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

²⁶ John told them, “I use water to baptize people. But here with you is someone you don't know.

²⁷ Even though I came first, I am not good enough to untie his sandals.”