John 1:24-31
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24 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.
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25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
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26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;
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27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
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28 These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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29 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.
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30 This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
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31 And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.