John 1:21-25

21And so they asked him, “What then? Are you 1Elijah?” And he said, “I am not.” “Are you 2the 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 3the voice of one calling 4out 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 5Christ, nor Elijah, nor 6the Prophet?”