I am baptizing you in water in token of your repentance, but he who is coming after me is stronger than I am, and I am not fit to carry his shoes. He will baptize you in the holy Spirit and in fire.

and do not take a bag for your journey, nor two shirts, nor shoes, nor a staff, for the workman deserves his food!

And this was his message: "After me there is coming one stronger than I am, one whose shoes I am not fit to stoop down and untie.

John said to them all, "I am only baptizing you in water, but someone is coming who is stronger than I am, whose shoes I am not fit to untie. He will baptize you in the holy Spirit and in fire.

Carry no purse nor wallet nor shoes, and do not stop to exchange civilities with anyone on the way.

But his father said to his slaves, 'Make haste and get out the best robe, and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet;

And he said to them, "When I sent you out without any purse or bag or shoes, was there anything you needed?" They said, "No, nothing."

Then the Lord said to him, 'Take off your shoes, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.

Toward the end of his career, John said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he! No! Someone is coming after me, the shoes on whose feet I am not fit to untie!'