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John said to the people, ‘Another person will come soon. He is much greater than I am. I am not good enough even to undo his shoes for him. I have baptized you with water. But this man will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.’

John baptizes Jesus

Soon after this, Jesus came from the town of Nazareth in Galilee. John baptized him in the Jordan River.

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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.(A) I baptize you with[a] water, but he will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit.”(B)

The Baptism and Testing of Jesus(C)(D)

At that time Jesus came from Nazareth(E) in Galilee and was baptized by John(F) in the Jordan.

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Footnotes

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