^{21 Ref} They asked him, "What then? Are you Elijah?" He said, "I am not." "Are you the Prophet?" He answered, "No."

^{22 Ref} They said therefore to him, "Who are you? Give us an answer to take back to those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?"

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