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15 Hela folket levde i väntan, och alla undrade i sina hjärtan om inte Johannes kunde vara Messias. 16 Men Johannes svarade dem alla: ”Jag döper er med vatten, men snart kommer en som är starkare än jag. Jag är inte ens värdig att knyta upp hans sandalremmar.[a] Han ska döpa er i den heliga Anden och eld. 17 Han har kastskoveln i sin hand för att rensa upp sin tröskplats och samla vetet i ladan, men agnarna ska han bränna upp i en eld som aldrig slocknar.”

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  1. 3:16 Detta var en slavs uppgift.

15 Everyone became excited and wondered, “Could John be the Messiah?”

16 John said, “I am just baptizing with water. But someone more powerful is going to come, and I am not good enough even to untie his sandals.[a] He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. 17 His threshing fork[b] is in his hand, and he is ready to separate the wheat from the husks. He will store the wheat in his barn and burn the husks with a fire that never goes out.”

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  1. 3.16 untie his sandals: This was the duty of a slave.
  2. 3.17 threshing fork: After Jewish farmers had trampled out the grain, they used a large fork to pitch the grain and the husks into the air. Wind would blow away the light husks, and the grain would fall back to the ground, where it could be gathered up.