Mark 1:7

And he was preaching, saying, “There comes One after me who is stronger than me, of whom I am not worthy to stoop down and to loose the strap of His sandal.

English Majority Text (NT)

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

6Now John was clothed with camel's hair and with a leather belt around his waist, and was eating locusts and wild honey.

8I baptized you in water, but He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit.” 1 The Baptism of Jesus

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Cross References

Matthew 3:14But John tried to prevent Him, saying, “I have need to be baptized by You, and are You coming to me?”

Luke 7:6Then Jesus went with them. And when He was already not far away from the house, the centurion sent friends to Him, saying to Him, “Lord, do not trouble Yourself, for I am not worthy that You should enter under my roof.

John 3:28You yourselves bear witness that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah,’ but, ‘I have been 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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