And this was his message: “After me comes the one more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.
(John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’ ”)John 1:15 NIV
This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’John 1:30 NIV
John answered them all, “I baptize you with water. But one who is more powerful than I will come, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.Luke 3:16 NIV
“I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.Matthew 3:11 NIV
If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro’ narrow chinks of his cavernWilliam Blake, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
I baptize you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”Mark 1:8 NIV
John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey.Mark 1:6 NIV