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John 1:26
John answered them, “I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know.
John 1:26 · World English Bible
John 1:26 in other translations
John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know.
John answered them, "I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you do not know.
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In context
23 He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”
24 The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
25 They asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?”
26 John answered them, “I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know.
27 He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.”
28 These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
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