John 1:15

John beareth witness of him, and crieth, saying, This was he of whom I said, He that cometh after me hath gone before me; for he was before me.

Matthew 3:11

I indeed baptize you in water, for repentance; but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear; he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.

Matthew 3:13-17

Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him.

Mark 1:7

And he preached, saying, There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.

Luke 3:16

John answered and said to them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loose; he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.

John 1:1-2

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

John 1:7-8

He came as a witness, to bear witness of the light, that through him all might believe.

John 1:27

he who cometh after me, the latchet of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose.

John 1:29-34

The next day he seeth Jesus coming to him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, who taketh away the sin of the world!

John 3:26-36

And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, he baptizeth, and all men are going to him.

John 5:33-36

Ye have sent to John, and he hath borne witness to the truth.

John 8:58

Jesus said to them, Truly, truly do I say to you, From before Abraham was, I have been.

John 17:5

and now, Father! do thou glorify me with thyself, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.

Philippians 2:6-7

who, being in the form of God, did not regard it as a thing to be grasped at to be on an equality with God,

Colossians 1:17

and he is before all things, and in him all things subsist.

Hebrews 13:8

Jesus Christ is yesterday and today the same, and for ever.

Revelation 1:11

saying: What thou seest, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamus, and to Thyatira, and to Sardes, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.

Revelation 1:17-18

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

Revelation 2:8

And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived again:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

General references

Bible References

Bare

John 1:7
He came as a witness, to bear witness of the light, that through him all might believe.
John 3:26
And they came to John, and said to him, Rabbi, he who was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou hast borne witness, behold, he baptizeth, and all men are going to him.
John 5:33
Ye have sent to John, and he hath borne witness to the truth.
Matthew 3:11
I indeed baptize you in water, for repentance; but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear; he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.
Mark 1:7
And he preached, saying, There cometh after me one mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.
Luke 3:16
John answered and said to them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but he who is mightier than I is coming, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loose; he will baptize you in the Holy Spirit and in fire.

He was

John 1:1
In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.
John 8:58
Jesus said to them, Truly, truly do I say to you, From before Abraham was, I have been.
John 17:5
and now, Father! do thou glorify me with thyself, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.
Philippians 2:6
who, being in the form of God, did not regard it as a thing to be grasped at to be on an equality with God,
Colossians 1:17
and he is before all things, and in him all things subsist.
Hebrews 13:8
Jesus Christ is yesterday and today the same, and for ever.
Revelation 1:11
saying: What thou seest, write in a book, and send it to the seven churches; to Ephesus, and to Smyrna, and to Pergamus, and to Thyatira, and to Sardes, and to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea.
Revelation 2:8
And to the angel of the church in Smyrna write: These things saith the first and the last, who was dead, and lived again:

General references

Mark 1:3
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, make straight his paths!"
Luke 3:18
And giving many other exhortations he published the glad tidings to the people.
John 1:30
This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man, who hath gone before me; for he was before me.
Acts 13:24
before whose coming forward John had first preached a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel.