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.
29. The next day, John sees Yeshua coming to him and says, “Behold, the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
30. This is the One about whom I told you, ‘He who comes after me is above me, because He was before me.’
31. I didn’t know Him, but I came immersing with water so that He might be revealed to Israel.”