23. He said, “I am ‘the voice of one crying in the wilderness, “Make straight the way of Adonai,”’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
24. Now those sent were from the Pharisees.
25. They asked him, “If you’re not the Messiah, Elijah, or the Prophet, why then are you immersing?”
26. “I immerse in water,” John answered. “Among you stands One you do not know,
27. coming after me, whose sandals I’m not worthy to untie.”
28. These things happened in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was immersing.