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John 1:21
- And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?
- He said, "I am not."
- "Are you the Prophet?"
- And he answered, "No."
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John 1:22
Then they said to him, "Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"
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John 1:23
He said: "I am 'The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the LORD,' as the prophet Isaiah said."
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Verse 1:24
Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees.
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Verse 1:25
And they asked him, saying, "Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
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Verse 1:26
John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know.
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Verse 1:27
It is He who, coming after me, is preferred before men, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose."
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John 1:28
These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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John 1:29
The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
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John 1:30
This is He of whom I said, 'After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.'"
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