John 1:23-27

English Standard Version

²³ He said, “I am ^(A)the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight^[a] the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”

²⁴ (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.) ²⁵ They asked him, ^(B)“Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?” ²⁶ John answered them, ^(C)“I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know, ²⁷ even ^(D)he who comes after me, the strap of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie.”