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Mark 1:7

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And 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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  1. Acts 13:25Rank 1 from verse 7
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    25And 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.

  2. Luke 3:16Rank 2 from verse 7
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    16John 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:

  3. John 1:27Rank 3 from verse 7
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    27He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.

  4. Matthew 3:11Rank 4 from verse 7
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    11I 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:

  5. John 3:28–31Rank 5 from verse 7
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    28Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him.

    29He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled.

    30He must increase, but I must decrease.

    31He that cometh from above is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.

  6. Luke 7:6–7Rank 6 from verse 7
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    6Then 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:

    7Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed.

  7. Matthew 3:14Rank 7 from verse 7
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    14But John forbad him, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?

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Mark 1:7

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after

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1. Later than or following in time or order. 2. Behind. 3. In pursuit of.

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worthy

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Sense 1: Deserving, fit, suitable, or having worth. Sense 2: As a noun, a person of merit, rank, or valor.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

stoop

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Sense 1: To bend or bow downward. Sense 2: Figuratively, to sink, submit, or be humbled.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

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1:1THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God;

1:2As it is written in the prophets, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.

1:3The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

1:4John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

1:5And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan, confessing their sins.

1:6And John was clothed with camel’s hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey;

1:7And 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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1:8I indeed have baptized you with water: but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost.

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