riversident John:1:19-28
riversident@John:1:19 @ This is the testimony of John when the Jews of Jerusalem sent to him priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"
riversident@John:1:20 @ He confessed and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."
riversident@John:1:21 @ They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" He answered, "No."
riversident@John:1:22 @ They said then, "Who are you? Let us have an answer to give to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
riversident@John:1:23 @ He said, "I am 'the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord,' as Isaiah the prophet said."
riversident@John:1:24 @ The men had been sent from the Pharisees.
riversident@John:1:25 @ They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the prophet?"
riversident@John:1:26 @ John answered them, "I baptize with water. In the midst of you stands one whom you do not know \'97
riversident@John:1:27 @ the One who is coming after me \'97 for whom I am not worthy to loosen the strap of his sandal."
riversident@John:1:28 @ This happened in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.