John 1:21-23
Young's Literal Translation
21 And they questioned him, `What then? Elijah art thou?' and he saith, `I am not.' -- `The prophet art thou?' and he answered, `No.'
22 They said then to him, `Who art thou, that we may give an answer to those sending us? what dost thou say concerning thyself?'
23 He said, `I [am] a voice of one crying in the wilderness: Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.'
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John 1:21-23
New International Version
21 They asked him, “Then who are you? Are you Elijah?”(A)
He said, “I am not.”
“Are you the Prophet?”(B)
He answered, “No.”
22 Finally they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, “I am the voice of one calling in the wilderness,(C) ‘Make straight the way for the Lord.’”[a](D)
Footnotes
- John 1:23 Isaiah 40:3
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