This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was before me.
John 1:15
John bore witness of Him and cried, saying, "This was He of whom I spoke, `He that cometh after me is preferred before me, for He was before me.'"
John 1:27
He it is who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose shoe's strap I am not worthy to unloose."
Luke 3:16
John answered, saying unto them all, "I indeed baptize you with water; but One mightier than I cometh, the straps of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose. He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire.