John 1:22-28

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 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.’ ”^[a]

24 Now the Pharisees who had been sent

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

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

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

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

Cross References

• 1. Matthew 3:1
• 2. Isaiah 40:3
• 3. S Mark 1:4
• 4. ver 15,30
• 5. Mark 1:7
• 6. John 3:26; John 10:40

Footnotes

• [a] Isaiah 40:3
• [b] Or "in" ; also in verses 31 and 33 (twice)