7And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
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And as John fulfilled his course, he said, Whom think ye that I am? I am not he. But, behold, there cometh one after me, whose shoes of his feet I am not worthy to loose.
John answered, saying unto them all, I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire:
He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance: but he that cometh after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost, and with fire:
Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-8)We may observe here, I. What the New Testament is—the divine testament, to which we adhere above all that is human ; the new testament, which we advance above that which was old. It is the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God , Mark 1:1. 1. It is gospel ; it is God’s word, and is faithful and true ; see Rev. 19:9 ; 21:5 ; 22:6 . It is a good word , and well worthy of all acceptation ; it brings u…
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