John 1:28

26John answered them, “I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don’t know.

27He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to loosen.”

28These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

29The next day, he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!

30This is he of whom I said, ‘After me comes a man who is preferred before me, for he was before me.’