John 1:23-31

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

24Now those sent were from the Pharisees.

25They asked him, “If you’re not the Messiah, Elijah, or the Prophet, why then are you immersing?”

26“I immerse in water,” John answered. “Among you stands One you do not know,

27coming after me, whose sandals I’m not worthy to untie.”

28These things happened in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing.

29The next day, John sees Yeshua coming to him and says, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!

30This is the One about whom I told you, ‘He who comes after me is above me, because He was before me.’

31I didn’t know Him, but I came immersing with water so that He might be revealed to Israel.”