23. He said: I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias.
24. And they that were sent, were of the Pharisees.
25. And they asked him, and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet?
26. John answered them, saying: I baptize with water; but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not.