nsb - John:1:19-28

nsb@John:1:19 @ John gave his witness even as Jewish authorities sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem. They asked him: »Who are you?«

nsb@John:1:20 @ He said: »I am not the Christ.«

nsb@John:1:21 @ They asked him: »Are you Elijah?« He said: »I am not.« »Are you the prophet?« He answered: »No.«

nsb@John:1:22 @ They said to him: »Who are you? We need to know so we can tell the ones who sent us.«

nsb@John:1:23 @ He said: »I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Isaiah the prophet said: Make straight the way of Jehovah.« (Isaiah strkjv@40:3)

nsb@John:1:24 @ They were sent from the Pharisees.

nsb@John:1:25 @ They said to him: »Why do you baptize if you are not the Christ, not Elijah, and not the prophet?«

nsb@John:1:26 @ John answered: »I baptize in water. There is one in your midst whom you do not know.

nsb@John:1:27 @ »I am not worthy to fasten his shoes.«

nsb@John:1:28 @ These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.