11 “I baptize you with[a] water for repentance.(A) But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with[b] the Holy Spirit(B) and fire.(C)

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11 I 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:

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11 (A)I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. (B)He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit [a]and fire.

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  1. Matthew 3:11 M omits and fire

And so John the Baptist(A) appeared in the wilderness, preaching a baptism of repentance(B) for the forgiveness of sins.(C)

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

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(A)John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching a baptism of repentance [a]for the remission of sins.

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  1. Mark 1:4 Or because of forgiveness