The immersion of Yochanan, where was it from? From heaven or from men?* They reasoned with themselves, saying, *If we say, 'From heaven,' he will ask us, 'Why then did you not believe him?'
They came to Yochanan, and said to him, *Rabbi, he who was with you beyond the Yarden, to whom you have testified, behold, the same immerses, and everyone is coming to him.*
As Yochanan was fulfilling his course, he said, 'What do you suppose that I am? I am not he. But behold, one comes after me the sandals of whose feet I am not worthy to untie.'