15 As the people were in expectation, and all were questioning in their hearts concerning ^sJohn, whether he might be ^tthe Christ, 16 John answered them all, saying, “I baptize you ^uwith water, ^vbut he who is mightier than I is coming, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie. He will baptize you with the ^wHoly Spirit and fire. 17 His ^xwinnowing fork is in his hand, to clear his threshing floor and to ^ygather the wheat into his barn, but the chaff he will burn with ^zunquenchable fire.”