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25 And they asked him, and said to him: Why then dost thou immerse, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?
26 John answered them, saying: I immerse in water. There stands one in the midst of you, whom ye know not;
27 he who comes after me, the latchet of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose.
28 These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing.
29 On the morrow, he sees Jesus coming to him, and says: Behold the Lamb of God, that takes away the sin of the world!
30 This is he of whom I said: After me comes a man who is preferred before me; because he was before me.
31 And I knew him not; but that he might be made manifest to Israel, for this I came immersing in water.
32 And John bore witness, saying: I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and it abode upon him.
33 And I knew him not; but he who sent me to immerse in water, the same said to me: Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and abiding on him, the same is he who immerses in the Holy Spirit.
34 And I have seen, and have borne witness, that this is the Son of God.