24 And they who were sent were of the Pharisees.
25 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptize you then, if you are not that Christ, nor Elijah, neither that prophet?
26 John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there stands one among you, whom you know not;
27 He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's thong I am not worthy to unloose.
28 These things were done in Bethany beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming unto him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
30 This is he of whom I said, After me comes a man who is preferred before me: for he was before me.