John 1:19–34

^19*And this is ^rthe record of John, when ^rrthe Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? ²⁰And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, ^sI am not the Christ. ²¹And they asked him, What then? Art thou ^tElias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou ^u||that prophet? And he answered, No. ²²Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? ²³He said, I am ^xthe voice of one crying in the wilderness, ^yMake straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias. ²⁴And they which were sent were of the ^zPharisees. ²⁵And they asked him, and said unto him, Why ^zbaptizest thou then, if thou be not that ^aChrist, nor Elias, neither that prophet? ²⁶John answered them, saying, ^bI baptize with water: ^cbut there standeth one ^damong you, whom ye know not; ²⁷He it is, who ^ecoming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s ^flatchet I am not worthy to unloose. ²⁸These things were done ^gin Bethabara ^hbeyond Jordan, where John was baptizing.

²⁹The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold ⁱthe Lamb of God, which ^j||taketh away the sin of the world. ^30kThis is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was ^lbefore me. ³¹And I knew him not: but that he should ^llbe made manifest to Israel, ^mtherefore am I come baptizing with water. ³²And John ⁿbare record, saying, ^oI saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. ³³And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is ^phe which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. ³⁴And I saw, and ⁿbare record that this is ^qthe Son of God.