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25 They asked him, "Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
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questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 John answered them, "I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not know,
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“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know.
27 the one who is coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the thong of his sandal."
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He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
28 This took place in Bethany across the Jordan where John was baptizing.
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This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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