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¹⁵and having feet which have been shod by the preparation of the Gospel of peace.

¹¹Indeed, I baptize you with water for repentance, but he who will come after me is more powerful than me. I am not worthy to carry his shoes. He will baptize you with the fire of the Holy Spirit.

⁹but to wear sandals, and not to wear two tunics.

⁷And he preached, saying: “One stronger than me comes after me. I am not worthy to reach down and loosen the laces of his shoes.

²⁷The same is he who is to come after me, who has been placed ahead of me, the laces of whose shoes I am not worthy to loosen.”

²²But the father said to his servants: ‘Quickly! Bring out the best robe, and clothe him with it. And put a ring on his hand and shoes on his feet.

¹⁶John responded by saying to everyone: “Indeed, I baptize you with water. But there will arrive one stronger than me, the laces of whose shoes I am not worthy to loosen. He will baptize you in the Holy Spirit, and with fire.

⁵He led you for forty years through the desert. Your garments have not been worn out, nor have the shoes on your feet been consumed by age.

⁵And he said: “Lest you should approach here, remove the shoes from your feet. For the place on which you stand is holy ground.”

¹⁵Joshua fell prone on the ground. And reverencing, he said, “What does my lord say to his servant?”

²⁵Then, when John completed his course, he was saying: ‘I am not the one you consider me to be. For behold, one arrives after me, the shoes of whose feet I am not worthy to loosen.’

⁸Then the Angel said to him: “Dress yourself, and put on your boots.” And he did so. And he said to him, “Wrap your garment around yourself and follow me.”

³³But the Lord said to him: ‘Loosen the shoes from your feet. For the place in which you stand is holy ground.

¹⁰nor provisions for the journey, nor two tunics, nor shoes, nor a staff. For the laborer deserves his portion.

⁷Yet it was the custom between kinsmen in this former time in Israel, that if at any time one yielded his right to another, so as to confirm his permission, the man took off his shoe and gave it to his neighbor. This was a testimony of concession in Israel. ⁸And so Boaz said to his kinsman, “Take off your shoe.” And immediately he released it from his foot.

⁵and having very old shoes, which had been sewn with patches indicating their age, and being clothed in old garments, having also loaves, which they carried as food for the journey, which were hard and broken into pieces.

³⁰But David ascended to the Mount of Olives, climbing and weeping, advancing with bare feet and with his head covered. Moreover, all the people who were with him ascended, weeping with their heads covered.

¹¹Now you shall consume it in this way: You shall gird your waist, and you shall have shoes on your feet, holding staves in your hands, and you shall consume it in haste. For it is the Passover (that is, the Crossing) of the Lord.

⁷Yet it was the custom between kinsmen in this former time in Israel, that if at any time one yielded his right to another, so as to confirm his permission, the man took off his shoe and gave it to his neighbor. This was a testimony of concession in Israel.

²in that same time, the Lord spoke by the hand of Isaiah, the son of Amoz, saying: “Go forth, and remove the sackcloth from your waist, and take your shoes from your feet.” And he did so, going out naked and barefoot.

⁴Do not choose to carry a purse, nor provisions, nor shoes; and you shall greet no one along the way.