16 John gave the answer, saying to all: “I, for my part, baptize you with water, but the one stronger than I am is coming, the lace of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.+ He will baptize you with holy spirit and with fire.+

26 John answered them: “I baptize in water. One is standing among you whom you do not know, 27 the one coming behind me, the lace of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”+

25 But as John was finishing his course, he would say: ‘What do you suppose I am? I am not he.*+ But look! One is coming after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.’+