16 (A)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 (a)with the Holy Spirit and fire. 17 His (B)winnowing fork is in His hand to thoroughly clear His threshing floor, and to gather the wheat into His barn; but He will burn up the chaff with (C)unquenchable fire.”

Footnotes:

a. Luke 3:16: ['The Gr here can be translated ', in, with, ' or ', by]

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