John 1:19-27 And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent forth priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they might ask him, Who are thou?

ACV⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁹ And this is the testimony of John when the Jews sent forth priests and Levites from Jerusalem so that they might ask him, Who are thou? ²⁰ And he confessed, and did not deny, and confessed, I am not the Christ. ²¹ And they asked him, What therefore, are thou Elijah? And he says, I am not. Are thou the prophet? And he answered, No. ²² They said therefore to him, Who are thou, so that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do thou say about thyself? ²³ He said, I am the voice of a man crying out in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, just as the prophet Isaiah said. ²⁴ And those who were sent were from the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, and said to him, Why therefore do thou immerse if thou are not the Christ nor Elijah nor the prophet? ²⁶ John answered them, saying, I immerse in water, but amidst you stands him whom ye know not. ²⁷ He is the man who comes after me, who has become before me, of whom I am not worthy that I might loosen the strap of his shoe.