John 1:20-22

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²⁰ He was quite open about it; he didn’t try to deny it. He said, quite openly, “I am not the Messiah.”

²¹ “What then?” they asked. “Are you Elijah?”

“No, I’m not,” he replied.

“Are you the Prophet?”

“No.”

²² “Well, then, who are you?” they said. “We’ve got to take some kind of answer back to the people who sent us. Who do you claim to be?”