John answered in the words of the prophet Isaiah, “I am only someone shouting in the desert, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord!’ ”
In the desert someone is shouting, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord! Make a straight path for him.’ ”
John was the one the prophet Isaiah was talking about, when he said, “In the desert someone is shouting, ‘Get the road ready for the Lord! Make a straight path for him.’ ”
You surely remember how I told you that I am not the Messiah. I am only the one sent ahead of him.
Finally, they said, “Who are you then? We have to give an answer to the ones who sent us. Tell us who you are!”
Some Pharisees had also been sent to John.