John 1:27 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁷ the one who is coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal.”

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁷ he it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁷ It is He Who, coming after me, is preferred before me, the string of Whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁷ even he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.

Common English Bible

²⁷ He comes after me, but I’m not worthy to untie his sandal straps.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁷ The same is he who is to come after me, who has been placed ahead of me, the laces of whose shoes I am not worthy to loosen."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁷ The same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose.

John 1:27 Cross References

Genesis 14:23

that I would not take a thread or a sandal strap or anything that is yours, so that you might not say, ‘I have made Abram rich.’

Matthew 3:11

“I baptize you with water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Mark 1:7

He proclaimed, “The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of his sandals.

Luke 3:16

John answered all of them by saying, “I baptize you with water, but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

John 1:15

(John testified to him and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’ ”)

John 1:30

This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me because he was before me.’

John 10:41

Many came to him, and they were saying, “John performed no sign, but everything that John said about this man was true.”

Acts 13:25

And as John was finishing his work, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but one is coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the strap of the sandals on his feet.’

Acts 19:4

Paul said, “John baptized with the baptism of repentance, telling the people to believe in the one who was to come after him, that is, in Jesus.”