John 1:21-23

Contemporary English Version

^21 (A) Then when they asked him if he were Elijah, he said, “No, I am not!” And when they asked if he were the Prophet,^[a] he also said “No!”

²² Finally, they said, “Who are you then? We have to give an answer to the ones who sent us. Tell us who you are!”

^23 (B) John answered in the words of the prophet Isaiah, “I am only someone shouting in the desert, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord!’ ”