John 1:26 - Easy To Read Version John answered, “I baptize {\cf2\super [19]} people with water. But there is a person here with you that you don’t know. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition John answered them, I [only] baptize in (with) water. Among you there stands One Whom you do not recognize and with Whom you are not acquainted and of Whom you know nothing. [Mal. 3:1.] American Standard Version (1901) John answered them, saying, I baptize in water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not, Common English Bible John answered, “I baptize with water. Someone greater stands among you, whom you don’t recognize. Catholic Public Domain Version John answered them by saying: "I baptize with water. But in your midst stands one, whom you do not know. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version John answered them, saying: I baptize with water; but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not. |
“I baptize {\cf2\super [41]} you with water to show that you changed your hearts and lives. But there is a person coming later that is greater than I am. I am not good enough to take off his shoes for him. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [42]} and with fire.
People told the sins they had done, and John baptized {\cf2\super [36]} them in the Jordan River.
I baptize you with water. But that person who is coming will baptize you with the Holy Spirit. {\cf2\super [7]} ”
John answered everyone, “I baptize {\cf2\super [54]} you in water, but there is a person coming later who can do more than I can. I am not good enough to untie his shoes for him. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [55]} and with fire.
People will do these things because they have not known the Father, and they have not known me.
Father, you are the One who is good. The world does not know you, but I know you. And these people know that you sent me.
And this is eternal life: that people can know you, the only true God, and that people can know Jesus Christ, the One you sent.
John baptized {\cf2\super [3]} people with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”
Then I remembered the words of the Lord (Jesus). The Lord said, ‘John baptized {\cf2\super [225]} people in water, but you will be baptized in the Holy Spirit!’
Paul said, “John told people to be baptized {\cf2\super [379]} to show they wanted to change their lives. John told people to believe in the One who would come after him. That person is Jesus.”
The Father (God) has loved us so much! This shows how much he loved us: We are called children of God. And we really are God’s children. But the people in the world (people who don’t believe) don’t understand that we are God’s children, because they have not known him (God).