John 1:25-27

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²⁵ So they asked him, “Why then do you baptize if you aren’t the Messiah, or Elijah, or the Prophet?”

²⁶ “I baptize with^[a] water,”^(A) John answered them. “Someone stands among you, but you don’t know Him. ²⁷ He is the One coming after me,^[b](B) whose sandal strap I’m not worthy to untie.”