John 1: 19 - 28
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| 19
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And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who are you?"
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| 20
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He confessed, he did not deny, but confessed, "I am not the Christ."
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| 21
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And they asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the prophet?" And he answered, "No."
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| 22
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They said to him then, "Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
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| 23
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He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, `Make straight the way of the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said."
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| 24
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Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.
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| 25
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They asked him, "Then why are you baptizing, if you are neither the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
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| 26
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John answered them, "I baptize with water; but among you stands one whom you do not know,
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| 27
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even he who comes after me, the thong of whose sandal I am not worthy to untie."
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| 28
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This took place in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
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