John 1:25-27

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²⁵ They continued to question him.

“So why are you baptizing,” they asked, “if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?”

²⁶ “I’m baptizing with water,” John replied. “But there is someone standing among you that you don’t know, ²⁷ someone who is to come after me. I’m not good enough to undo his sandal-strap.”