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John 1:26 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" John answered them, “I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know. "

John 1:26

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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.

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