John 1:22-28

22So they asked him, “Who are you? Tell us so that we can take an answer back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

23John said, “I’m a voice crying out in the desert, ‘Make the way for the Lord straight,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”

24Some of those who had been sent were Pharisees.

25They asked John, “Why do you baptize if you’re not the Messiah or Elijah or the prophet?”

26John answered them, “I baptize with water. Someone you don’t know is standing among you.

27He’s the one who comes after me. I am not worthy to untie his sandal strap.”

28This happened in Bethany on the east side of the Jordan River, where John was baptizing.