Mark 1:7-8

John the Baptist Prepares the Way

⁷ And he preached, saying, _o "After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. ⁸ _p I have baptized you with water, but _q he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."

1. Cross References
   John 1:15
   ( John bore witness about him, and cried out, "This was he of whom I said, 'He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.'")
   John 1:27
   Even he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.
   John 3:30 - 31
   He must increase, but I must decrease.
   Acts 13:25
   And as John was finishing his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. No, but behold, after me one is coming, the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.
   
2. Cross References
   John 1:26
   John answered them, "I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know.
   Acts 1:5
   For John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit not many days from now.
   Acts 11:16
   And I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said, 'John baptized with water, but you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.
   
3. Cross References
   John 1:33
   I myself did not know him, but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me, 'He on whom you see the Spirit descend and remain, this is he who baptizes with the Holy Spirit.