Matthew 3:11 "As for me, I baptize you with water for repentance, but He who is coming after me is mightier than I, and I am not fit to remove His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

Mark 1:4 John the Baptist appeared in the wilderness preaching a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins.

Mark 1:7 And he was preaching, and saying, "After me One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to stoop down and untie the thong of His sandals.

Luke 3:16 John answered and said to them all, "As for me, I baptize you with water; but One is coming who is mightier than I, and I am not fit to untie the thong of His sandals; He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

John 1:7 He came as a witness, to testify about the Light, so that all might believe through him.

John 1:26 John answered them saying, "I baptize in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.

John 1:27 "It is He who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."

Acts 13:24 after John had proclaimed before His coming a baptism of repentance to all the people of Israel. (NASB ©1995)