John 1:23-27

²³He said: “I am ‘The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Make straight the way of the Lord,” ’ as Isaiah the prophet said.”

²⁴Now those who had been sent were from the Pharisees.

²⁵And they asked him, saying, “Why then do you baptize if you are not the Messiah, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”

²⁶John answered them, saying, “I baptize with water, but there stands One among you whom you do not know.

²⁷He is the One who comes after me, who ranks before me, of whom I am not worthy that I should loose the strap of His sandal.”