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

Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them, If I tell you, ye will not believe: And if I also ask you, ye will not answer me, nor let me go. Hereafter shall the Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God. Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.

And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?

Then said they unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them, Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning.

And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?

Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech:

And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word.

These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs: but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall shew you plainly of the Father.