You yourselves give witness that I said, I am not the Christ. What I said was, I am sent before the Christ.
See, I am sending my servant, and he will make ready the way before me; and the Lord, whom you are looking for, will suddenly come to his Temple; and the angel of the agreement, in whom you have delight, see, he is coming, says the Lord of armies.
For this is he of whom Isaiah the prophet said, The voice of one crying in the waste land, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his roads straight.
And you, child, will be named the prophet of the Most High: you will go before the face of the Lord, to make ready his ways;
He said quite openly and straightforwardly, I am not the Christ.
He said, I am the voice of one crying in the waste land, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said Isaiah the prophet.
And they put this question to him, saying, Why then are you giving baptism if you are not the Christ, or Elijah, or the prophet?
It is he who is coming after me; I am not good enough to undo his shoes.