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He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ. ”
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And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah? ” He said, “I am not. ” “Are you the Prophet? ” And he answered, “No. ”
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So they said to him, “Who are you? We need to give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself? ”
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He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord, ’ as the prophet Isaiah said. ”
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(Now they had been sent from the Pharisees. )