World English Bible
"He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen.""
— John 1:27, World English Bible
“He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.”
“even he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose. ”
“who is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal!””
“The same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose.”
“It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.”
“He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.”
The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
John answered them, "I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don't know.
He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen."
These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, "Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!
This is he of whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.'