25. They said to John: “You say you are not the Christ. You say you are not Elijah or the Prophet. Then why do you baptize people?”
26. John answered, “I baptize people with water. But there is one here with you that you don’t know.
27. He is the One who comes after me. I am not good enough to untie the strings of his sandals.”
28. This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan River. This is where John was baptizing people.
29. The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, “Look, the Lamb of God. He takes away the sins of the world!
30. This is the One I was talking about. I said, ‘A man will come after me, but he is greater than I am, because he was living before me.’
31. Even I did not know who he was. But I came baptizing with water so that the people of Israel could know who he is.”
32-33. Then John said, “I did not know who the Christ was. But God sent me to baptize with water. And God told me, ‘You will see the Spirit come down and rest on a man. That man is the One who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.’” John said, “I saw the Spirit come down from heaven. The Spirit looked like a dove and rested on him.
34. I have seen this happen. So I tell people: ‘He is the Son of God.’”
35. The next day John was there again with two of his followers.
36. He saw Jesus walking by and said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”
37. The two followers heard John say this. So they followed Jesus.