Now as John was completing his mission, he said, “Who do you think I am? I am not the one. But one is coming after me, and I am not worthy to untie the sandals on his feet.”
So they came to John and told him, ‘Rabbi, the one you testified about, and who was with you across the Jordan, is baptising #– #and everyone is going to him.’
Did John’s baptism come from heaven, or was it of human origin? ’ They discussed it among themselves, ‘If we say, “From heaven,” he will say to us, “Then why didn’t you believe him? ”