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John 1:27
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25 And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 John answered them, saying, a“I baptize with water, bbut there stands One among you whom you do not know.  
27 aIt is He who, coming after me,1 is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”  
28 These things were done ain Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.  

The Lamb of God

29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold! aThe Lamb of God bwho takes away the sin of the world!  
Verse Comparison: John 1:27

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American Standard Version
`even' he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.

Amplified® Bible
It is He Who, coming after me, is preferred before me, the string of Whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose.

Contemporary English Version
Even though I came first, I am not good enough to untie his sandals."

Darby English Version
he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to unloose.

Good News Bible
He is coming after me, but I am not good enough even to untie his sandals."

International Standard Version
the one who is coming after me, whose sandal straps I am not worthy to untie."

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

New American Standard Bible
"{It is} He who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."

New International Version
He is the one who comes after me, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie."

New King James Version
It is He who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"He who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I do not feel worthy to untie."

Young's Literal Translation
of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal.'


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