He said: "I am 'The voice of one crying in the wilderness: "Make straight the way of the LORD," ' just as Isaiah the prophet said."
For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah, saying: "A voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'Prepare the way of the LORD; make His paths straight.' "
"A voice of one crying in the wilderness: 'In the wilderness prepare the way of the LORD; make His paths straight.' "
Then they said to him, "Who are you, that we may give an answer to those who sent us? What do you say about yourself?"
Now those who had been sent were from the Pharisees.
You yourselves bear witness that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but, 'I have been sent before Him.'