John 1:23-25

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²³ “I’m a voice calling in the desert,” he said, “ ‘Straighten out the road for the master!’ ”—just as the prophet Isaiah said.

²⁴ The people who had been sent were from the Pharisees. ²⁵ They continued to question him.

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