John: Testifies to the Messiahship of Jesus

I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather His wheat into the barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

And he proclaimed: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

I baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

John answered all of them: “I baptize you with water, but One more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

His winnowing fork is in His hand to clear His threshing floor and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire.”

John testified concerning Him. He cried out, saying, “This is He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because He was before me.’”

“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands One you do not know. …

Now John was also baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because the water was plentiful there, and people kept coming to be baptized. …

There is another who testifies about Me, and I know that His testimony about Me is valid.

You have sent to John, and he has testified to the truth.

Many came to Him and said, “Although John never performed a sign, everything he said about this man was true.”

As John was completing his course, he said, ‘Who do you suppose I am? I am not that One. But there is One coming after me whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.’