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Holman Christian Standard Bible
25 So they asked him, "Why then do you baptize if you aren't the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?"
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English Standard Version
25 They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
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King James Version
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
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The Message Bible
25 Now they had a question of their own: "If you're neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet, why do you baptize?"
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New American Standard Bible
25 They asked him, and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
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New International Version
25 questioned him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
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New King James Version
25 And they asked him, saying, "Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
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New Living Translation
25 asked him, “If you aren’t the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet, what right do you have to baptize?”
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New Revised Standard
25 They asked him, "Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
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American Standard Version
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?
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The Bible in Basic English
25 And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?
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Common English Bible
25 asked, "Why do you baptize if you aren't the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
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Common English Bible w/ Apocrypha
25 asked, "Why do you baptize if you aren't the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
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The Complete Jewish Bible
25 They asked him, "If you are neither the Messiah nor Eliyahu nor `the prophet,' then why are you immersing people?"
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The Darby Translation
25 And they asked him and said to him, Why baptisest thou then, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?
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Good News Translation
25 then asked John, "If you are not the Messiah nor Elijah nor the Prophet, why do you baptize?"
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Good News Translation w/ Apocrypha
25 then asked John, "If you are not the Messiah nor Elijah nor the Prophet, why do you baptize?"
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GOD'S WORD Translation
25 They asked John, "Why do you baptize if you're not the Messiah or Elijah or the prophet?"
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Hebrew Names Version
25 They asked him, "Why then do you immerse, if you are not the Messiah, nor Eliyah, nor the Prophet?"
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Jubilee Bible 2000
25 And they asked him and said unto him, Why dost thou baptize then if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?
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King James Version w/ Apocrypha
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?
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Lexham English Bible
25 And they asked him and said to him, "Why then are you baptizing, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
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New Century Version
25 "If you are not the Christ or Elijah or the Prophet, why do you baptize people?"
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New International Reader's Version
25 asked him, "If you are not the Christ, why are you baptizing people? Why are you doing that if you aren't Elijah or the Prophet we've been expecting?"
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New Revised Standard w/ Apocrypha
25 They asked him, "Why then are you baptizing if you are neither the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
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Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible
25 And they asked him and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?
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Revised Standard Version
25 They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
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Revised Standard Version w/ Apocrypha
25 They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
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SBL Greek New Testament
25 καὶ ἠρώτησαν αὐτὸν καὶ εἶπαν αὐτῷ · Τί οὖν βαπτίζεις εἰ σὺ οὐκ εἶ ὁ χριστὸς οὐδὲ Ἠλίας οὐδὲ ⸃ ὁ προφήτης;
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Third Millennium Bible
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, "Why dost thou baptize then if thou art not that Christ, nor Elijah, neither that Prophet?"
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Third Millennium Bible w/ Apocrypha
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, "Why dost thou baptize then if thou art not that Christ, nor Elijah, neither that Prophet?"
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Tyndale
25 And they axed him and sayde vnto him: why baptisest thou then yf thou be not Christ nor Helyas nether a Prophet?
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The Latin Vulgate
25 et interrogaverunt eum et dixerunt ei quid ergo baptizas si tu non es Christus neque Helias neque propheta
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The Latin Vulgate w/ Apocrypha
25 et interrogaverunt eum et dixerunt ei quid ergo baptizas si tu non es Christus neque Helias neque propheta
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The Webster Bible
25 And they asked him, and said to him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou art not that Christ, nor Elijah, neither that prophet?
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World English Bible
25 They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
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Weymouth New Testament
25 Again they questioned him. "Why then do you baptize," they said, "if you are neither the Christ nor Elijah nor the Prophet?"
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Wycliffe
25 And they asked him, and said to him, What then baptizest thou, if thou art not Christ, neither Elias, neither a prophet?
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Young's Literal Translation
25 and they questioned him and said to him, `Why, then, dost thou baptize, if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?'
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