John 1:19-25 Now this is the testimony of John. When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, Who are you?

Living_Oracles⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁹ Now this is the testimony of John. When the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem, to ask him, Who are you? ²⁰ he acknowledged, and denied not, but acknowledged, saying, I am not the Messiah. ²¹ And they asked him, Who, then? Are you Elijah? He said, I am not. Are you the prophet? He answered, No. ²² They said, Tell, then, who you are, that we may return an answer to them who sent us. What do you say of yourself? ²³ He answered, I am he whose voice proclaims in the wilderness, "Make straight the way of the Lord," as said, the Prophet Isaiah. ²⁴ Now they who were sent, were of the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they questioned him further, Why, then, do you immerse, if you be not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?