Mark 1:7-8 Devotionals, Articles & Bible Study

⁷And he began to proclaim: “After me will come One more powerful than I, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie.

⁸I baptize you with water, but He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”

— Mark 1:7-8

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