John 1:31

I myself did not know Him, but the reason I came baptizing with water was that He might be revealed to Israel.”
BSB · Berean Standard Bible
And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water.
KJV · King James Version
I didn’t know him, but for this reason I came baptizing in water, that he would be revealed to Israel.”
WEB · World English Bible
And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing in water.
ASV · American Standard Version

Related passages

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.

I knew
John 1:33; Luke 1:80; Luke 2:39–42
but
John 1:7; Isaiah 40:3–5; Malachi 3:1; Malachi 4:2–5; Luke 1:17, 76–79
therefore
Matthew 3:6; Mark 1:3–5; Luke 3:3, 4; Acts 19:4