Mark 1:7

and he proclaimed, saying, “He comes—who is mightier than I—after me, of whom I am not worthy—having stooped down—to loose the strap of His sandals;

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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 girdle of skin around his loins, and eating locusts and honey of the field,

8I indeed immersed you in water, but He will immerse you in the Holy Spirit.”

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Cross References

Matthew 3:14but John was forbidding Him, saying, “I have need to be immersed by You—and You come to me?”

Luke 7:6And Jesus was going on with them, and now when He is not far distant from the house the centurion sent to Him friends, saying to Him, “Lord, do not be troubled, for I am not worthy that You may enter under my roof;

John 3:28you yourselves testify to me that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am having 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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