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John 1:22-27
New King James Version
John 1:22-27
New King James Version
22 Then they said to him, “Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”
23 He said: (A)“I am
(B)‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness:
“Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’
as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24 Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees. 25 And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26 John answered them, saying, (C)“I baptize with water, (D)but there stands One among you whom you do not know. 27 (E)It is He who, coming after me, [a]is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”
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John 1:22-27
New International Version
John 1:22-27
New International Version
22 Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
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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