Mark 1:7

and he proclaimed, saying, 'He doth come — who is mightier than I — after me, of whom I am not worthy — having stooped down — to loose the latchet of his sandals;

Young's Literal Translation

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 did baptize you with water, but he shall baptize you with the Holy Spirit.'

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Cross References

Matthew 3:14but John was forbidding him, saying, 'I have need by thee to be baptized — and thou dost come unto me!'

Luke 7:6And Jesus was going on with them, and now when he is not far distant from the house the centurion sent unto him friends, saying to him, 'Sir, be not troubled, for I am not worthy that under my roof thou mayest enter;

John 3:28ye yourselves do 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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