John said, “I’m a voice crying out in the desert, ‘Make the way for the Lord straight,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
Isaiah the prophet spoke about this man when he said, “A voice cries out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!’ ”
“A voice cries out in the desert: ‘Prepare the way for the Lord! Make his paths straight!’ ”
So they asked him, “Who are you? Tell us so that we can take an answer back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
Some of those who had been sent were Pharisees.
You are witnesses that I said, ‘I’m not the Messiah, but I’ve been sent ahead of him.’