<t /><p class="bodytext">Although Jesus<n id="1" /> had performed<n id="2" /> so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him,

This is the one about whom I said, &#8216;After me comes a man who is greater than I am,<n id="1" /> because he existed before me.&#8217;

You yourselves can testify that I said, &#8216;I am not the Christ,&#8217;<n id="1" /> but rather, &#8216;I have been sent before him.&#8217;

When he has brought all his own sheep<n id="1" /> out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize<n id="2" /> his voice.

John<n id="1" /> testified<n id="2" /> about him and shouted out,<n id="3" /> &#8220;This one was the one about whom I said, &#8216;He who comes after me is greater than I am,<n id="4" /> because he existed before me.&#8217;&#8221;