Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

John 1
²⁰ He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."
²¹ And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" And he answered, "No."
²² Then they said to him, "Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"
²³ He said: "I am ’The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Make straight the way of the Lord," ’ as the prophet Isaiah said."
²⁴ Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees.
²⁵ And they asked him, saying, "Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
²⁶ John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know.
²⁷ It is He who, coming after me, is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose."
²⁸ These things were done in Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
²⁹ The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and said, "Behold! The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world!
³⁰ This is He of whom I said, ’After me comes a Man who is preferred before me, for He was before me.’