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They asked him, "Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
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John answered them, "I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not know,
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the one who is coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandal."
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This took place in Bethany across the Jordan where John was baptizing.
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The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and declared, "Here is the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
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