John 1:19-28 ▼

19 This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, |Who are you?|

20 And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, |I am not the Christ.|

21 They asked him, |What then? Are you Elijah?| And he said, |I am not.| |Are you the Prophet?| And he answered, |No.|

22 Then they said to him, |Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?|

23 He said, |I am A VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD,' as Isaiah the prophet said.|

24 Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

25 They asked him, and said to him, |Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?|

26 John answered them saying, |I baptize in water, [but] among you stands One whom you do not know.

27 |[It is] He who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.|

28 These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.