John 1:21 - And they questioned him, What now? Are you Elias? And he answered, I am not Elias. Are you a prophet? And he responded, No.
John 1:22 - They said to him, Who are you? We want to tell the people who sent us. What do you have to say for yourself?
John 1:23 - He cried, I am the single cry in the middle of the woods, The way of the Lord is straight, as prophesied by Esaias.
John 1:24 - And the people who came had been sent by the Pharisees.
John 1:25 - And the people there wanted an answer from him, saying Why are you doing the baptizing if you are not Christ, or Elias, nor that prophet?
John 1:26 - Then John said to them, I am baptizing people with water, but there is a man standing here, even though you don’t know who he is;
John 1:27 - This man who follows me is loved more than me, I am not worthy of untying his shoe.
John 1:28 - Beyond Jordan in Bethabara, where John was baptizing, all these things were done.
John 1:29 - The next day John saw Jesus walking toward him. He said, Look, it is the Lamb of God. He will take away all the sin that is in the world.
John 1:30 - This is the man I was talking about when I said, A man is coming after me who is much greater than I am; for he existed before I was born.