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John 1:23-26 English Standard Version (ESV)

23. He said, “I am the voice of one crying out in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”

24. (Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.)

25. They asked him, “Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

26. John answered them, “I baptize with water, but among you stands one you do not know,