Now John was (A)clothed with camel's hair and (B)wore a leather belt around his waist and ate (C)locusts and (D)wild honey. And he preached, saying, (E)“After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. (F)I have baptized you with water, but (G)he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

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John wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather belt around his waist,(A) and he ate locusts(B) and wild honey. 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.(C) I baptize you with[a] water, but he will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit.”(D)

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And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

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