25. Sai suka tambaye shi suka ce, “To, don me kake yin baftisma in kai ba Almasihu ba ne, ba kuwa Iliya ba, ba kuma annabin nan ba?”
26. Sai Yahaya ya amsa musu ya ce, “Ni kam, da ruwa nake baftisma, amma da wani nan tsaye a cikinku wanda ba ku sani ba,
27. shi ne mai zuwa bayana, wanda ko maɓallin takalminsa ma, ban isa in ɓalle ba.”
28. An yi wannan a Betanya ne, a hayin Kogin Urdun, inda Yahaya yake yin baftisma.
29. Kashegari Yahaya ya tsinkayo Yesu na nufo shi, sai ya ce, “Kun ga, ga Ɗan Rago na Allah, wanda zai ɗauke zunubin duniya!
30. Wannan shi ne wanda na ce, ‘Wani yana zuwa bayana, wanda ya zama shugabana, domin dā ma yana nan tun ba ni.’
31. Dā kam, ban san shi ba, sai domin a bayyana shi ga Isra'ila na zo, nake baftisma da ruwa.”
32. Yahaya ya yi shaida ya ce, “Na ga Ruhu na saukowa kamar kurciya daga sama, ya kuma zauna a kansa.