22 They said therefore to him, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"
23 He said, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, `Make straight the way of the Lord,` as Isaiah the prophet said."
24 The ones who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
25 They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"
26 John answered them, "I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don`t know,
27 he who comes after me, whose sandal strap I`m not worthy to untie."
28 These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
