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

⁷ He proclaimed, ‘One who is more powerful^(A) than I am is coming after me.^(B) I am not worthy^(C) to stoop down and untie the strap of his sandals.^(D)

²⁷ He is the one coming after me,^[a](A) whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.’

³⁰ This is the one I told you about: “After me comes a man who ranks ahead of me, because he existed before me.”