23. He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaiah.
24. And those who were sent were of the Pharisees.
25. And they asked him and said unto him, Why dost thou baptize then if thou art not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?
26. John answered them, saying, I baptize with water, but there stands one among you, whom ye know not;
27. he it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s latchet I am not worthy to unloose.
28. These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.