John 1:20-28

20And he confessed and did not deny; and this is what he confessed: “1I am not the 2Christ.” 21And so they 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? Tell us, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?” 23He said, “I am 5the voice of one calling 6out 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 7Christ, nor Elijah, nor 8the Prophet?” 26John answered them, saying, “9I baptize 10in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know. 27It is 11He who comes after me, of whom I am not worthy even to untie the 12strap of His sandal.” 28These things took place in Bethany 13beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing people.