[23] 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] And they which were sent of the Pharisees. [25] And they asked him, and said unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou not that Christ, Elias, that prophet? [26] John answered them, saying, I baptize with water: there standeth one among whom know not; [27] He who coming after whose shoe's latchet I am not worthy to unloose.