John 1:30

It was of him that I spoke when I said 'After me there is coming a man who is now before me, for he was ever First.'

John 1:15

(John bears witness to him; he cried aloud--for it was he who spoke--"'He who is Coming' after me is now before me, for he was ever first");

John 1:27

He is coming after me, yet I am not worthy even to unfasten his sandal."

Luke 3:16

John, addressing them all, said: "I, indeed, baptize you with water; but there is coming one more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to unfasten his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.

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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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John 1:15
(John bears witness to him; he cried aloud--for it was he who spoke--"'He who is Coming' after me is now before me, for he was ever first");
Luke 3:16
John, addressing them all, said: "I, indeed, baptize you with water; but there is coming one more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to unfasten his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire.