^{25 Ref} They asked him, "Why then do you baptize, if you are not the Christ, nor Elijah, nor the Prophet?"

^{26 Ref} John answered them, "I baptize in water, but among you stands one whom you don't know.

^{27 Ref} He is the one who comes after me, who is preferred before me, whose sandal strap I'm not worthy to loosen."

^{28 Ref} These things were done in Bethany beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing.