John:1:19-28
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John:1:19 @
And this is the testimony of John ,
when the Jews sent out of Jerusalem priests and Levites ,
that they might question him , '
Who art thou ?'
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John:1:20 @
and he confessed and did not deny ,
and confessed -- '
I am not the Christ .'
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John:1:21 @
And they questioned him , '
What then ?
Elijah art thou ?'
and he saith , '
I am not .' -- '
The prophet art thou ?'
and he answered , '
No .'
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John:1:22 @
They said then to him , '
Who art thou ,
that we may give an answer to those sending us ?
what dost thou say concerning thyself ?'
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John:1:23 @
He said , '
I [
am ]
a voice of one crying in the wilderness :
Make straight the way of the Lord ,
as said Isaiah the prophet .'
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John:1:24 @
And those sent were of the Pharisees ,
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John:1:25 @
and they questioned him and said to him , '
Why ,
then ,
dost thou baptize ,
if thou art not the Christ ,
nor Elijah ,
nor the prophet ?'
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John:1:26 @
John answered them ,
saying , '
I baptize with water ,
but in midst of you he hath stood whom ye have not known ,
this one it is who is coming after me ,
who hath been before me ,
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John:1:27 @
of whom I am not worthy that I may loose the cord of his sandal .'
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John:1:28 @
These things came to pass in Bethabara ,
beyond the Jordan ,
where John was baptizing ,