Mark 1:7

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

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

6And John was clothed with camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and he ate locusts and wild honey.

8I have baptized you with water; but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

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Cross References

Matthew 3:14But John stayed him, saying: I ought to be baptized by thee, and comest thou to me?

Luke 7:6And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent his friends to him, saying: Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof.

John 3:28You yourselves do bear me witness, that I said, I am not Christ, but that I am sent before him.

Matthew Henry on Mark 1:2-9

Mark We have heard the evidence given in by the first witness to the doctrine and miracles of our Lord Jesus; and now here is another witness produced, who calls for our attention. The second living creature saith, Come, and see, Rev. vi. 3 . Now let us enquire a little, I. Concerning this witness. His name is Mark. Marcus was a Roman name, and a very common one, and yet we have no reason to think, but that he was by birth a Jew; but as Saul, when he went among the nations, took the Roman name of Paul, so he of… Read the whole commentary →

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