John 1:18-28

New King James Version

^18 (A)No one has seen God at any time. ^(B)The only begotten ^[a]Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him.

A Voice in the Wilderness^(C)

¹⁹ Now this is ^(D)the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?”

^20 (E)He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Christ.”

²¹ And they asked him, “What then? Are you Elijah?”

He said, “I am not.”

“Are you ^(F)the Prophet?”

And he answered, “No.”

²² Then they said to him, “Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?”

²³ He said: ^(G)“I am

as the prophet Isaiah said.”

²⁴ Now those who were sent were from the Pharisees. ²⁵ And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

²⁶ John answered them, saying, ^(I)“I baptize with water, ^(J)but there stands One among you whom you do not know. ^27 (K)It is He who, coming after me, ^[b]is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loose.”

²⁸ These things were done ^(L)in ^[c]Bethabara beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.