John 1:18-28
18 |
No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him. |
19 |
Now this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?" |
20 |
He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ." |
21 |
And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No." |
22 |
Then they said to him, "Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?" |
23 |
He said: "I am 'The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the LORD, ' as the prophet Isaiah said." |
24 |
Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees. |
25 |
And they asked him, saying, "Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?" |
26 |
John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know. |
27 |
It is He who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose. |
28 |
These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. |