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John 1:19-28

19 The Jewish authorities in Jerusalem sent some priests and Levites to John 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 John did not refuse to answer, but spoke out openly and clearly, saying: "I am not the Messiah."

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

21 "Who are you, then?" they asked. "Are you Elijah?" "No, I am not," John answered. "Are you the Prophet?" they asked. "No," he replied.

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

22 "Then tell us who you are," they said. "We have to take an answer back to those who sent us. What do you say 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 John answered by quoting the prophet Isaiah: "I am "the voice of someone shouting in the desert: Make a straight path for the Lord to travel!' "

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 The messengers, who had been sent by the Pharisees,

24 Now the Pharisees who had been sent

25 then asked John, "If you are not the Messiah nor Elijah nor the Prophet, why do you baptize?"

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

26 John answered, "I baptize with water, but among you stands the one you do not know.

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

27 He is coming after me, but I am not good enough even to untie his sandals."

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 on the east side of the Jordan River, where John was baptizing.

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