nasb John:1:19-28
nasb@John:1:19 @This is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent to him priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
nasb@John:1:20 @And he confessed and did not deny, but confessed, " I am not the Christ."
nasb@John:1:21 @They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" And he said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No."
nasb@John:1:22 @Then they said to him, "Who are you, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"
nasb@John:1:23 @He said, "I am A VOICE OF ONE CRYING IN THE WILDERNESS, 'MAKE STRAIGHT THE WAY OF THE LORD,' as Isaiah the prophet said."
nasb@John:1:24 @Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
nasb@John:1:25 @They asked him, and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
nasb@John:1:26 @John answered them saying, " I baptize in water, but among you stands One whom you do not know.
nasb@John:1:27" @It is He who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."
nasb@John:1:28 @These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.