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Matthew 3:11
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Matthew 3:11
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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.
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Matthew 3:11
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Matthew 3:11
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11 “I baptize you with[a] water for repentance.(A) But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit(B) and fire.(C)
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- Matthew 3:11 Or in
- Matthew 3:11 Or in
Mark 1:4
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Mark 1:4
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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.”
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Mark 1:4
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Mark 1:4
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4 And so John the Baptist(A) appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance(B) for the forgiveness of sins.(C)
Mark 1:7
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Mark 1:7
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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]
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- 1.7 untie his sandals: This was the duty of a slave.
Mark 1:7
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Mark 1:7
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7 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.(A)
Mark 1:8
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Mark 1:8
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8 I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit!”
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Luke 3:4
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Luke 3:4
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4 (A) Isaiah the prophet wrote about John when he said,
“In the desert
someone is shouting,
‘Get the road ready
for the Lord!
Make a straight path
for him.
Luke 3:4
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Luke 3:4
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4 As it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet:
“A voice of one calling in the wilderness,
‘Prepare the way for the Lord,
make straight paths for him.
Luke 3:16
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Luke 3:16
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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.
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- 3.16 untie his sandals: This was the duty of a slave.
Luke 3:16
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Luke 3:16
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John 1:26
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John 1:26
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26 John told them, “I use water to baptize people. But here with you is someone you don't know.
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John 1:26
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John 1:26
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- John 1:26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)
John 1:27
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John 1:27
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27 Even though I came first, I am not good enough to untie his sandals.”
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John 1:27
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John 1:27
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