²⁶ “I baptize with^[a] water,”^(A) John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know.

²⁷ He is the one who comes after me,^(A) the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”^(B)

³⁰ This is the one I meant when I said, ‘A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’^(A)

³⁴ I have seen and I testify that this is God’s Chosen One.”^[a](A)