John:1:19-28

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* Now this is the testimony of John . When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem , to ask him , Who are you ? * he acknowledged , and denied not , but acknowledged , saying , I am not the Messiah . * And they asked him , Who , then ? Are you Elijah ? He said , I am not . Are you the prophet ? He answered , No . * They said , Tell , then , who you are , that we may return an answer to them who sent us . What do you say of yourself ? * «He answered , I am he whose voice proclaims in the wilderness ,» 'Make straight the way of the Lord ,' 'as said , the Prophet Isaiah .' * Now they who were sent , were of the Pharisees . * And they questioned him further , Why , then , do you immerse , if you be not the Messiah , nor Elijah , nor the prophet ? * John answered , I immerse in water , but there is one among you whom you know not . * It is he who comes after me , and was before me ; whose shoe-string I am not worthy to loose . * This happened at Bethabara , upon the Jordan , where John was immersing .

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