John 1:22-28

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

23John said, “I am the voice of one shouting in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord,’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

24(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)

25So they asked John, “Why then are you baptizing if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

26John answered them, “I baptize with water. Among you stands one whom you do not recognize,

27who is coming after me. I am not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal!”

28These things happened in Bethany across the Jordan River where John was baptizing.