Parallel Bible results for "john 1:19-28"

John 1:19-28

19 This is John's testimony when the Jews from Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him, "Who are you?"

19 Now this was John’s testimony when the Jewish leaders in Jerusalem sent priests and Levites to ask him who he was.

20 He did not refuse to answer, but he declared: "I am not the Messiah."

20 He did not fail to confess, but confessed freely, “I am not the Messiah.”

21 "What then?" they asked him. "Are you Elijah?" "I am not," he said. "Are you the Prophet?" "No," he answered.

21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?” He said, “I am not.” “Are you the Prophet?” He answered, “No.”

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?"

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 He said, "I am a voice of one crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord -just as Isaiah the prophet said."

23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’ ”

24 Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.

24 Now the Pharisees who had been sent

25 So they asked him, "Why then do you baptize if you aren't the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?"

25 questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

26 "I baptize with water," John answered them. "Someone stands among you, but you don't know [Him].

26 “I baptize with water,” John replied, “but among you stands one you do not know.

27 He is the One coming after me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to untie."

27 He is the one who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”

28 All this happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.

28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.