^{15 Ref} John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me: for he was before me.

^{16 Ref} And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace.

^{17 Ref} For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.

^{18 Ref} No man hath seen God at any time, the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him.

^{19 Ref} And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, Who art thou?

^{20 Ref} And he confessed, and denied not; but confessed, I am not the Christ.

^{21 Ref} And they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet? And he answered, No.

^{22 Ref} Then said they unto him, Who art thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself?

^{23 Ref} He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias.

^{24 Ref} And they which were sent were of the Pharisees.

^{25 Ref} And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?

^{26 Ref} John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not;

^{27 Ref} He it is, who coming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.