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19 John gave his witness even as Jewish authorities sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem. They asked him: »Who are you?«
20 He said: »I am not the Christ.«
21 They asked him: »Are you Elijah?« He said: »I am not.« »Are you the prophet?« He answered: »No.«
22 They said to him: »Who are you? We need to know so we can tell the ones who sent us.«
23 He said: »I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness. Isaiah the prophet said: ‘Make straight the way of Jehovah (YHWH).’« (Isaiah 40:3)
24 They were sent from the Pharisees.
25 They said to him: »Why do you baptize if you are not the Christ, not Elijah, and not the prophet?«
26 John answered: »I baptize in water. There is one in your midst whom you do not know.
27 »I am not worthy to fasten his shoes.«
28 These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day he saw Jesus coming to him. He boldly declared: »Behold! The Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world!«
30 »This is he whom I said would come after me. He is greater than I am because he came before me.
31 »I did not know him. I came baptizing in water so that everyone in Israel will come to know him.«
32 John said: »I saw the spirit descending as a dove out of heaven upon him.
33 »I did not know he was the one. God sent me to baptize in water and said: ‘You will see one upon whom the spirit descends. The same is he who baptizes in Holy Spirit.’
34 »I have seen, and have borne witness that this is the Son of God.«