“You yourselves are witnesses for me that I said, ‘I am not the Messiah but I am sent ahead of Him.’
And he confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the Messiah.”
He said, “I am a voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Make straight the way of יהוה,’ as the prophet Yeshayahu said.”
“See, I am sending My messenger, and he shall prepare the way before Me. Then suddenly the Master you are seeking comes to His Hĕ
For this is he who was spoken of by the prophet Yeshayahu, saying, “A voice of one crying in the wilderness, ‘Prepare the way of יהוה, make His paths straight.’ ”
and they asked him, saying, “Why then do you immerse if you are not the Messiah, nor Ě
“And you, child, shall be called prophet of the Most High, for you shall go before the face of יהוה to prepare His ways,
the One coming after me, who has become before me, whose sandal strap I am not worthy to loosen.”