John 1:20-27
Holman Christian Standard Bible
20 He did not refuse to answer, but he declared: “I am not the Messiah.”(A)
21 “What then?” they asked him. “Are you Elijah?”(B)
“I am not,” he said.
“No,” he answered.
22 “Who are you, then?” they asked. “We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What can you tell us about yourself?”
23 He said, “I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord(D)[b]—just as Isaiah(E) the prophet said.”
24 Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.(F) 25 So they asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?”
26 “I baptize with[c] water,”(G) John answered them. “Someone stands among you, but you don’t know Him. 27 He is the One coming after me,[d](H) whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.”
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