John 1:27

New English Translation

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

Cross References

Genesis 14:23

that I will take nothing belonging to you, not even a thread or the strap of a sandal. That way you can never say, ‘It is I who made Abram rich.’

Matthew 3:11

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

Mark 1:7

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

Luke 3:16

John answered them all, “I baptize you with water, but one more powerful than I am 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 about him and shouted out, “This one was the one about whom I said, ‘He who comes after me is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’”

John 1:30

This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.’

John 10:41

Many came to him and began to say, “John performed no miraculous sign, but everything John said about this man was true!”

Acts 13:25

But while John was completing his mission, he said repeatedly, ‘What do you think I am? I am not he. But look, one is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet!’

Acts 19:4

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