John 1:19-34

19This is 1the testimony of John, when 2the Jews sent priests and Levites to him 3from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20And he confessed and did not deny; and this is what he confessed: “4I am not the 5Christ.” 21And so they asked him, “What then? Are you 6Elijah?” And he said, “I am not.” “Are you 7the Prophet?” And he answered, “No.” 22Then they said to him, “Who are you? Tell us, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” 23He said, “I am 8the voice of one calling 9out in the wilderness, ‘Make the way of the Lord straight,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

24And the messengers had been sent from the Pharisees. 25They asked him, and said to him, “Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the 10Christ, nor Elijah, nor 11the Prophet?” 26John answered them, saying, “12I baptize 13in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know. 27It is 14He who comes after me, of whom I am not worthy even to untie the 15strap of His sandal.” 28These things took place in Bethany 16beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing people.

29The next day he saw Jesus coming to him, and said, “Behold, 17the Lamb of God who 18takes away the sin of the world! 30This is He in behalf of whom I said, ‘19After me is coming a Man who has proved to be 20my superior, 21because He existed before me.’ 31And I did not recognize 22Him, but so that He would be revealed to Israel, I came baptizing 23in water.” 32And John 24testified, saying, “25I have seen the Spirit descending as a dove out of heaven, and He remained upon Him. 33And I did not recognize 26Him, but He who sent me to baptize 27in water said to me, ‘He upon whom you see the Spirit descending and remaining upon Him, 28this is the One who baptizes 29in the Holy Spirit.’ 34And I myself have seen, and have testified that this is 30the 31Son of God.”