23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness,(A) ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”[a](B)

24 Now the Pharisees who had been sent 25 questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

26 “I baptize with[b] water,”(C) John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know. 27 He is the one who comes after me,(D) the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”(E)

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Footnotes

  1. John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3
  2. John 1:26 Or in; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)

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