1:26 John answered them, ⁵  “I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize, ⁶  1:27 who is coming after me. I am not worthy ⁷  to untie the strap ⁸  of his sandal!” 1:28 These things happened in Bethany ⁹  across the Jordan River ¹⁰  where John was baptizing.

1:29 On the next day John ¹¹  saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God ¹²  who takes away the sin of the world! 1:30 This is the one about whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is greater than I am, ¹³  because he existed before me.’