11 (A)[a]Indeed I baptize you with water to [b]amendment of life, but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear, he will baptize you with the holy Ghost, and with fire.

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  1. Matthew 3:11 We may neither dwell upon the signs which God hath ordained as means to lead us unto our salvation, neither upon them: but we must climb up to the matter itself, that is to say, to Christ, who inwardly worketh that effectually, which is outwardly signified unto us.
  2. Matthew 3:11 The outward sign putteth us in mind of this, that we must change our lives and become better, assuring us as by a seal, that we are engrafted into Christ; whereby our old man dieth and the new man riseth up, Rom. 6:4.

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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  1. Matthew 3:11 Or in
  2. Matthew 3:11 Or in

(A)[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.

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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.

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)

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20 And he [a]confessed and [b]denied not, and said plainly, I (A)am not that Christ.

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  1. John 1:20 He did acknowledge him, and spake of him plainly and openly.
  2. John 1:20 This repeating of the one and the selfsame thing, though in divers words, is used much of the Hebrews, and it hath great force: for they used to speak one thing twice, to set it out more certainly and plainly.

20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”(A)

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