18. No one has seen God at any time. The only Son, who is at the Father’s side, has made Him known.
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. They asked him, “Who then? Are you Elijah?”He said, “I am not.”“Are you the Prophet?”He answered, “No.”
22. They said to him then, “Who are you? Tell us so that we may give an answer to those who sent us. What do you say concerning yourself?”
23. John said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ just as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24. Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees.
25. They asked him, “Why do you baptize then, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
26. John answered them, “I baptize with water, but One stands among you, whom you do not know.