25. They asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah or Elijah or the Prophet?”
26. John answered them, “I baptize with water; but there is one among you whom you do not recognize,
27. the one who is coming after me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to untie.”
28. This happened in Bethany across the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29. The next day he saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.