John 1:19-28

1:19	Now this was John's testimony when the Jews of Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.
1:20	He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Christ.”
1:21	They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”  He said, “I am not.”  “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”
1:22	Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
1:23	John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the desert, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’ ”
1:24	Now some Pharisees who had been sent
1:25	questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
1:26	“I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know.
1:27	He is the one who comes after me, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”
1:28	This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.