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This is He about whom I said, `After me is to come One who has been put before me, because He was before me.'
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I did not yet know Him; but that He may be openly shown to Israel is the reason why I have come baptizing in water."
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John also gave testimony by stating: "I have seen the Spirit coming down like a dove out of Heaven; and it remained upon Him.
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I did not yet know Him, but He who sent me to baptize in water said to me, "`The One on whom you see the Spirit coming down, and remaining, He it is who baptizes in the Holy Spirit.'
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"This I have seen, and I have become a witness that He is the Son of God."
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