John:1:19-28
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And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent forth priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they might ask him ,
Who are thou ?
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And he confessed ,
and did not deny ,
and confessed ,
I am not the Christ .
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And they asked him ,
What therefore ,
are thou Elijah ?
And he says ,
I am not .
Are thou the prophet ?
And he answered ,
No .
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They said therefore to him ,
Who are thou ,
so that we may give an answer to those who sent us ?
What do thou say about thyself ?
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He said ,
I am the voice of a man crying out in the wilderness :
Make straight the way of Lord ,
just as the prophet Isaiah said .
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And those who were sent were from the Pharisees .
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And they asked him ,
and said to him ,
Why therefore do thou immerse if thou are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the prophet ?
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John answered them ,
saying ,
I immerse in water ,
but amidst you stands him whom ye know not .
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He is the man who comes after me ,
who has become before me ,
of whom I am not worthy that I might loosen the strap of his shoe .
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These things occurred in Bethany beyond the Jordan where John was immersing .
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