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11 “I baptize you with[a] water for repentance, but the one who is coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not worthy to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit and fire.(A)

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  1. 3.11 Or in
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16 John answered all of them by saying, “I baptize you with water, but one who is more powerful than I is coming; I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandals. He will baptize you with[a] the Holy Spirit and fire.(A)

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once the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains of Jerusalem from its midst by a spirit of judgment and by a spirit of burning.(A)

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for John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with[a] the Holy Spirit not many days from now.”(A)

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And I will put this third into the fire,
    refine them as one refines silver,
    and test them as gold is tested.
They will call on my name,
    and I will answer them.
I will say, ‘They are my people,’
    and they will say, ‘The Lord is our God.’ ”(A)

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But who can endure the day of his coming, and who can stand when he appears?

For he is like a refiner’s fire and like washers’ soap;(A) he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the descendants of Levi and refine them like gold and silver, until they present offerings to the Lord in righteousness.[a](B) Then the offering of Judah and Jerusalem will be pleasing to the Lord, as in the days of old and as in former years.

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  1. 3.3 Or right offerings to the Lord

he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water[a] of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.(A)

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  1. 3.5 Gk washing

And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting.(A) Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability.(B)

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He proclaimed, “The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the strap of his sandals.(A) I have baptized you with[a] water, but he will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit.”(B)

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15 And as I began to speak, the Holy Spirit fell upon them just as it had upon us at the beginning.(A) 16 And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said, ‘John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.’(B)

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13 For in the one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and we were all made to drink of one Spirit.(A)

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33 I myself did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water said to me, ‘He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’(A) 34 And I myself have seen and have testified that this is the Chosen One.”[a]

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  1. 1.34 Other ancient authorities read the Son of God

26 John answered them, “I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not know, 27 the one who is coming after me; I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal.”

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