²⁷the one who comes after me, of whom I am not worthy to untie^j the strap of his sandal!” ²⁸These things took place in Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

²⁹On the next day he saw Jesus coming to him and said, “Look! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world! ³⁰This one is the one about whom I said, ‘After me is coming a man who is ahead of me, because he existed before me.’ ³¹And I did not know him, but in order that he could be revealed to Israel, because of this I came baptizing with water.”

³²And John testified, saying, “I have seen the Spirit descending like a dove from heaven and remaining upon him. ³³And I did not know him, but the one who sent me to baptize with water, that one said to me, ‘The one upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him—this one is the one who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.’ ³⁴And I have seen and testify that this one is the Chosen One^k of God.

Two of John’s Disciples Follow Jesus

³⁵On the next day again John was standing there,^* and two of his disciples, ³⁶and looking at Jesus as he^* was walking by, he said, “Look! The Lamb of God!” ³⁷And the two disciples heard him speaking, and they followed Jesus.

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John 1:29: The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”

Footnotes

jLiterally “that I might untie”
kSome manuscripts have “the Son of God”
*The word “there” is not in the Greek text but is implied
*Here “as” is supplied as a component of the participle (“walking by”) which is understood as temporal