John 1:22 (NIV) Finally they said, "Who are you?
Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about
yourself?" 23 John replied in the words of Isaiah the prophet, "I am the voice
of one calling in the desert, 'Make straight the way for the Lord.'" 24 Now some
Pharisees who had been sent 25 questioned him, "Why then do you baptize
if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?" 26 "I baptize with
water," John replied, "but among you stands one you do not know. 27 He is the one who comes
after me, the thongs of whose sandals I am not worthy to untie." 28
This all happened at Bethany on the other side of the Jordan, where John was baptizing.
29 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, "Look, the
Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! 30 This is the one I meant
when I said, 'A man who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before
me.' 31 I myself did not know him, but the reason I came baptizing with
water was that he might be revealed to Israel." 32 Then John gave this
testimony: "I saw the Spirit come down from heaven as a dove and remain on him. 33 I
would not have known him, except that the one who sent me to baptize with
water told me, 'The man on whom you see the Spirit come down and remain is he
who will baptize with the Holy Spirit.' 34 I have seen and I testify that
this is the Son of God."