23. He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
24. And they had been sent from the Pharisees.
25. And they asked him, and said unto him, Why then baptizest thou, if thou art not the Christ, neither Elijah, neither the prophet?
26. John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: in the midst of you standeth one whom ye know not,
27. even he that cometh after me, the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to unloose.
28. These things were done in Bethany beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29. On the morrow he seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold, the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world!
30. This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is become before me: for he was before me.
31. And I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Israel, for this cause came I baptizing with water.