I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and {with} fire:

And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.

In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.

The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. {taketh away: or, beareth}

John answered, saying unto {them} all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him.

Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all {men} come to him.

The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all {men} through him might believe.

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.

But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, {though} thou be little among the thousands of Judah, {yet} out of thee shall he come forth unto me {that is} to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth {have been} from of old, from everlasting. {everlasting: Heb. the days of eternity}

And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.

And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:

Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.

And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;

The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old.

Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.

Who, being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with God:

Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send {it} unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.

This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.

Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all {men} through him might believe.

And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all {men} come to him.

The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him?

He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

Then said Paul, John verily baptized with the baptism of repentance, saying unto the people, that they should believe on him which should come after him, that is, on Christ Jesus.

Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.

In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,

But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

The baptism of John, was {it} from heaven, or of men? answer me.

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?

To give knowledge of salvation unto his people by the remission of their sins, {by: or, for}

And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not?

Now I tell you before it come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am {he}. {Now: or, From henceforth}

When John had first preached before his coming the baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.

Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth.

And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.

I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and {with} fire: