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23 He said, "I am a voice of one shouting in the desert, 'Make the road straight for the Lord,' as the prophet Isaiah said."
24 Now the messengers belonged to the party of the Pharisees;
25 so they asked him, "Why are you baptizing then, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the prophet?"
26 John answered them, "I am baptizing only in water. There is standing among you One with whom you are not acquainted.
27 He is to become my successor, because He has been put before me, and I am not fit to untie His shoestrings."
28 This took place at Bethany on the farther side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him, and he said, "Look! He is the Lamb of God who is to take away the world's sin.
30 This is the One about whom I said, 'After me there is coming a man who has already been put before me, because He existed before me.'