noyes John:1:19-28 SEEK
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And this is the witness of John ,
when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem ,
to ask him ,
Who art thou ?
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And he declared ,
and did not deny ;
and he declared ,
I am not the Christ .
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And they asked him ,
What then ?
Art thou Elijah ?
And he said ,
I am not .
Art thou the prophet ?
And he answered ,
No .
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They said therefore to him ,
Who art thou ?
that we may give an answer to those who sent us ;
what sayest thou of thyself ?
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He said ,
I am "
a voice of one crying aloud in the wilderness ,
Make straight the way of the Lord ,"
as said Isaiah the prophet .
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And they were sent from the Pharisees ;
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and they asked 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 answered them ,
saying ,
I baptize in water .
There standeth one among you whom ye know not ,
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he who cometh after me ,
the latchet of whose sandal I am not worthy to loose .
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These things took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan ,
where John was baptizing .