John 1:19-23

19This is John’s testimony, when the Judean leaders sent kohanim and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

20He openly admitted and did not deny; he admitted, “I am not the Messiah.”

21“What then? Are you Elijah?” they asked him. “I am not,” said John. “Are you the Prophet?” “No,” he answered.

22So they said to him, “Who are you? Give us an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”

23He said, “I am ‘the voice of one crying in the wilderness, “Make straight the way of Adonai,”’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”