You yourselves can testify that I said, ‘I am not the Christ, but am sent ahead of Him.’
He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”
John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet: “I am a voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way
Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
I baptize you with water for repentance, but after me will come One more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy
“Behold, I will send My messenger, who will prepare the way before Me. Then the Lord whom you seek will suddenly come to
asked him, “Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?”
This is he who was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way for
As it is written in Isaiah the prophet: “Behold, I will send My messenger ahead of You, who will prepare Your way.”
And you, child, will be called a prophet of the Most High; for you will go on before the Lord to prepare the way for Him
as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: “A voice of one calling in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the
“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
He is the One who comes after me, the straps of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie.”