22. Then they said, “Who are you? Give us an answer to tell those who sent us. What do you say about yourself?”
23. John told them in the words of the prophet Isaiah:“I am the voice of onecalling out in the desert:‘Make the road straight for the Lord.’ ”
24. Some Pharisees who had been sent asked John:
25. “If you are not the Christ or Elijah or the Prophet, why do you baptize people?”