23 John told them in the words of the prophet Isaiah:“I am the voice of onecalling out in the desert:‘Make the road straight for the Lord.’ ”
24 Some Pharisees who had been sent asked John:
25 “If you are not the Christ or Elijah or the Prophet, why do you baptize people?”
26 John answered, “I baptize with water, but there is one here with you that you don’t know about.
27 He is the One who comes after me. I am not good enough to untie the strings of his sandals.”
28 This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan River, where John was baptizing people.
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him. John said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!