He said, “I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of the Lord,’ as the prophet Isaiah said.”
the voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight—”
For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Isaiah when he said, “The voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.”
You yourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but I have been sent before him.
They said to him then, “Who are you? Let us have an answer for those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
Now they had been sent from the Pharisees.