John 1:20-28

20And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, “1I am not 2the Christ.” 21They asked him, “What then? Are you 3Elijah?” And he said, “I am not.” “Are you 4the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” 22Then 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?” 23He said, “I am 5a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

24Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. 25They asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the 6Christ, nor Elijah, nor 7the Prophet?” 26John answered them saying, “8I baptize 9in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know. 27It is 10He who comes after me, the 11thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.” 28These things took place in Bethany 12beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.