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This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
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This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who ranks before me, for he was before me.'
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I myself did not know him; but for this I came baptizing with water, that he might be revealed to Israel."
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And John bore witness, "I saw the Spirit descend as a dove from heaven, and it remained on him.
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