“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
Mark 1:7 - English Standard Version 2016 And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. Matoleo zaidiKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And he preached, saying, After me comes He Who is stronger (more powerful and more valiant) than I, the strap of Whose sandals I am not worthy or fit to stoop down and unloose. American Standard Version (1901) And he preached, saying, There cometh after me he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose. Common English Bible He announced, “One stronger than I am is coming after me. I’m not even worthy to bend over and loosen the strap of his sandals. Catholic Public Domain Version And he preached, saying: "A stronger one comes after me. I am not worthy to reach down and loosen the laces of his shoes. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And he preached, saying: There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and loose. |
“I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?”
Now John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey.
I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”
John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you with water, but he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.
even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”
And as John was finishing his course, he said, ‘What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but behold, after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’
And 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, Jesus.”
And she rose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, “Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”